Between the Lines

Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca and Rachel King
Home / News & Blogs / Between the Lines

Panasonic opens developer portal for Viera Connect

By | July 6, 2011, 9:29am PDT

As Internet-connected TVs grow in popularity, those platforms are going to need more apps. Panasonic has launched a new developer portal for its own cloud-based TV service, Viera Connect.

Previously known as Viera Cast before a moniker change at CES 2011, Viera Connect available in approximately 100 countries with HD entertainment applications focused on music, sports, gaming, fitness, and video-on-demand services. Some of the more well-known, existing examples come from MLB, Pandora and YouTube.

Additionally, some of the Internet-connected features that have transferred over from Viera Cast include Netflix, Twitter and Skype, the last of which is touted as a selling point on certain displays that sport webcams.

To clarify, all apps are based in the cloud and do not download to Viera Connect-enabled televisions and Blu-ray players.

This portal is targeted towards IPTV application developers, who will be provided with “market leading streamlined processes” for speedier production and deployments.

Interested developers can learn more about and register to access the portal immediately.

Related:

Kick off your day with ZDNet's daily e-mail newsletter. It's the freshest tech news and opinion, served hot. Get it.

More from “Between the Lines”

Topics

Panasonic, Developer Portal, Portals, Web Technology, Internet, Rachel King

Rachel King is a staff writer for ZDNet based in San Francisco.

Disclosure

Rachel King

Rachel King has no business relationships, affiliations, investments, or other potential conflicts of interest relating to the content posted in this blog.

Biography

Rachel King

Rachel King is a staff writer for CBS Interactive in San Francisco. Before serving as a contributing editor at ZDNet in New York City for two years, she previously worked for The Business Insider, FastCompany.com, CNN's San Francisco bureau and the U.S. Department of State. Rachel has also written for MainStreet.com, Irish America Magazine and the New York Daily News, among others. Rachel has a B.A. in Mass Communications and History from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, where she served as art director for the student magazine, Plated.

1
Comments
Add Your Opinion

Join the conversation!

0 Votes
+ -
RE: Panasonic opens developer portal for Viera Connect
peter@... 27th Sep
A forum dedicated to discussions on developing for the Panasonic Viera platform:

http://vieracast.hotsource.net

Join the conversation!

Formatting +
BB Codes - Note: HTML is not supported in forums
  • [b] Bold [/b]
  • [i] Italic [/i]
  • [u] Underline [/u]
  • [s] Strikethrough [/s]
  • [q] "Quote" [/q]
  • [ol][*] 1. Ordered List [/ol]
  • [ul][*] · Unordered List [/ul]
  • [pre] Preformat [/pre]
  • [quote] "Blockquote" [/quote]
ie8 fix

The best of ZDNet, delivered

ZDNet Newsletters

Get the best of ZDNet delivered straight to your inbox

Facebook Activity

Blog Roll

Blog Archive

White Papers, Webcasts, & Resources
ie8 fix