Accedo Broadband, a Stockholm-based aggregator and distributor of interactive TV applications and content for IPTV and broadband-connected consumer electronics devices (note: the company, which was founded by telecom and media entrepreneurs, Michael Lantz and Fredrik Andersson, offers a range of applications, including game, quiz, puzzle, video-art, karaoke, weather, communications and user-generated content apps; it has deals in place to provide games packages to a line-up of customers that includes BT and PCCW), said Wednesday that its Funspot casual games service will be featured on Philips' new Net TV offering, an over-the-top service that is offered on a number of broadband-connected Philips television sets in the European market.
According to Accedo, its new deal with Philips will see a wide selection of its Funspot casual games offered on the service. The company says that the games are designed for a "ten-foot user experience and remote control interaction," and that new Funspot games and features will be added to the Net TV platform over time, based on user interest and popularity. "We are very excited to be working with Philips, bringing Net TV services to Philips TV's across Europe," Accedo's Michael Lantz said in a prepared statement. "We share Philips's vision of the online living room and the possibility of over-the-top distribution of content and services to connected TV's. By bringing a range of online services to the TV, consumers will have access to their favorite Web content on the TV." Other content providers on Net TV include YouTube, TomTom, eBay, MeteoGroup, Funspot, MyAlbum and Netlog
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