Editing Television (section)

===Smart television===
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{{Distinguish|Internet television|Internet Protocol television|Web television}}
[[File:LG smart TV.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|A smart TV]]
The advent of digital television allowed innovations like smart television sets. A smart television sometimes referred to as a "connected TV" or "hybrid TV," is a television set or [[set-top box]] with integrated Internet and [[Web 2.0]] features and is an example of [[technological convergence]] between computers, television sets, and set-top boxes. Besides the traditional functions of television sets and set-top boxes provided through traditional Broadcasting media, these devices can also provide Internet TV, online [[interactive media]], [[over-the-top content]], as well as [[video on demand|on-demand]] [[streaming media]], and [[home network]]ing access. These TVs come pre-loaded with an operating system.<ref name="Techcrunch.com"/><ref name="businessinsider1">{{cite web|author=Steve Kovach | url=http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-a-smart-tv-2010-12 |title=What Is A Smart TV? |work=Business Insider |date=8 December 2010 |access-date=17 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Carmi Levy Special to the Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/business/media/article/876278--future-of-television-is-online-and-on-demand |title=Future of television is online and on-demand |work=Toronto Star |date=15 October 2010 |access-date=17 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Jeremy |last=Toeman |url=http://mashable.com/2010/10/20/connected-tv-content-not-apps/ |title=Why Connected TVs Will Be About the Content, Not the Apps |publisher=Mashable |date=20 October 2010 |access-date=7 October 2024}}</ref>

Smart TV is not to be confused with [[Internet TV]], [[Internet Protocol television]] (IPTV), or with [[Web TV]]. [[Internet television]] refers to receiving television content over the Internet instead of through traditional systems—terrestrial, cable, and satellite. IPTV is one of the emerging Internet television technology standards for television networks. [[Web television]] (WebTV) is a term used for programs created by a wide variety of companies and individuals for broadcast on Internet TV. A first patent was filed in 1994<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?FT=D&date=19960510&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP&CC=FR&NR=2726670A1&KC=A1&ND=3 |title=espacenet&nbsp;– Original document |publisher=Worldwide.espacenet.com |access-date=17 January 2012 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224135932/https://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?FT=D&date=19960510&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_EP&CC=FR&NR=2726670A1&KC=A1&ND=3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (and extended the following year)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=5905521A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=7&date=19990518&DB=EPODOC |title=espacenet&nbsp;– Bibliographic data |publisher=Worldwide.espacenet.com |access-date=17 January 2012 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904022930/http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=5905521A&KC=A&FT=D&ND=7&date=19990518&DB=EPODOC |url-status=dead }}</ref> for an "intelligent" television system, linked with data processing systems, using a digital or analog network. Apart from being linked to data networks, one key point is its ability to automatically download necessary software routines according to a user's demand and process their needs. Major TV manufacturers announced the production of smart TVs only for middle-end and high-end TVs in 2015.<ref name="theverge.com"/><ref name="techtimes.com"/><ref name="cnet.com"/> Smart TVs have gotten more affordable compared to when they were first introduced, with 46 million U.S. households having at least one as of 2019.<ref>Kats, Rimma (15 November 2018). [https://www.emarketer.com/content/how-many-households-own-a-smart-tv "How Many Households Own a Smart TV?"] ''[[eMarketer]]''. Retrieved 21 May 2021.</ref>