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Yahoo Announces Connected TV To Be On New Toshiba HDTVs

Amit Chowdhry | September 16, 2010 | 870 views | Add a Comment
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Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has announced that Yahoo! Connected TV will be added to the new line of HDTVs manufactured by Toshiba Corporation (TYO:6502). Yahoo! Connected TV will be on Toshiba’s 46″-55″ HDTVs, which includes the WX800 Cinema Series 3D LED. Yahoo! Connected TV currently has 65 Yahoo! TV Widgets available at the click of a button. Consumers will also have access to 50,000 movies and TV shows on-demand. Full press release below:

Yahoo! Connected TV Head Patrick Berry Leaves After 5 Years

Amit Chowdhry | October 14, 2009 | 663 views | Add a Comment
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Yahoo! Connected TV is a service that adds widgets to television services. Patrick Barry, the head of Connected TV has decided to leave Yahoo! because there is “too much opportunity out there not too.” Barry helped manage the partnerships that Yahoo! had with Samsung and Sony. Below is the e-mail that Barry sent as his resignation.

From: Patrick Barry
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:01:01 -0700
To: Connected Team
Cc: Tapan Bhat, XXX
Subject: Moving on

Connected TV Team,

After 5 great years here at Yahoo, it is time for me to move on to new projects and aspirations. I am tremendously proud of all we have accomplished together, from defining the world’s best user experience for interactive television, to shipping our technology platform on millions devices with some of the biggest brands in the industry. You have been an amazing team, and I will treasure the great times we have had working together to overcome challenges and make an impact for Yahoo. I remain a big believer in our vision for the future of television, and I would not be leaving now if I didn’t have faith in your ability to continue to achieve our goals and extend that vision.
Thank you for the hard work, passion and commitment over these several years. I will miss you all.

I will continue to be here through the end of the month to help make sure our plans and partnerships stay on track. Please join Tapan and I on Monday morning at 9:30 in Chutes so we can answer any questions you might have about my transition.

Patrick

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