Panasonic adds Twitter to Viera Cast-enabled HDTVs

The social networking giant is joining an esteemed list of other services available on Panasonic's signature network, including Pandora, Netflix and Skype.

Viera Cast can be accessed from USB-enabled HDTVs via Wi-Fi. There's no additional fee for utilizing this service, and it is accessible from VT25, VT20, G25 and G20 series plasma HDTVs. Viera Cast is also supported by several Panasonic Blu-ray players. At the moment, Twitter is not available this way, but there are plans to bring the 140-character micro-blogging service to this medium eventually.

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