Watch this space. Internet-Enabled TV Widgets made a big splash at CES this year. Launches are officially coming this April. It remains to be seen if the Internet-enabled TV-tops will be a viable platform play for developers to invest time into. Unlike the iPhone App marketplace, there’s no clear way to monetize the download or use of your TV-widgets. The big money is on advertising, but it would be nice if the consoritum of those involved would give developers a way of tapping into an inventory of ads waiting for widget-user eyeballs.
The title refers to my desire to have a Last.fm widget on my TV. That way I’m not limited to the lame radio stations that come standard on cable these days. That’s just one way TV Widgets are actually a good idea and justify their own marketplace. I would pay for such a widget. But I would hate for such a widget to have advertising on it.