Melbourne, Sept 9 : A new revolution in TV viewing will start hitting the Australian market as early as this year.
Today, the Internet can only be accessed on a television set through external hardware such as a games console or computer, such as the Apple TV.
However, these television sets are capable of directly accessing news, weather details, stock quotes and, eventually, on-demand video content from the Internet.
The content will run as "widgets" alongside regular TV shows and poses a significant threat to established free-to-air and pay TV broadcasters, which already see the Internet as a way for viewers to bypass their networks.