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'I've never seen as much innovation in television as there is right now, ' says Ulf Ewaldsson, chief technology officer at Swedish telecom-equipment giant Ericsson, which plans to step up its own TV efforts.
瑞典電信設(shè)備巨頭愛立信(Ericsson)首席技術(shù)長艾華信(Ulf Ewaldsson)說，目前電視業(yè)的創(chuàng)新程度是我從未見過的。愛立信計劃加大力度進(jìn)軍電視業(yè)。
Propelling the activity are changes that have made the Internet a more viable delivery medium, including the growing proportion of customers with broadband service.
這背后的推動力量是使互聯(lián)網(wǎng)成為一種更可行交付介質(zhì)的各種變化，包括有寬帶接入服務(wù)的用戶的比例不斷上升。
Despite the developments, much is missing from Internet-based services. Popular programming, including live sports and news, is often limited to conventional carriers by licensing restrictions.
盡管有了這些進(jìn)展，基于互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的服務(wù)仍有很多不足。包括體育賽事和新聞直播在內(nèi)的頗受大眾歡迎的節(jié)目由于許可證限制，常局限于傳統(tǒng)媒體。
When large video libraries are available, finding specific programs can be cumbersome -- especially with conventional remotes. Most TV services also lag the Web and mobile apps in helping discover new content.
有了大型音像資料庫后，找到具體節(jié)目可能比較麻煩，特別是用傳統(tǒng)遠(yuǎn)程遙控的方式。在幫忙發(fā)現(xiàn)新內(nèi)容方面，大多數(shù)電視服務(wù)也落后于網(wǎng)絡(luò)和移動應(yīng)用程序。
'The phone, the laptop and the tablet have advanced so dramatically, ' says Tom Rogers, chief executive of TiVo Inc., the DVR pioneer. 'Television has been drastically left behind.'
數(shù)字硬盤錄像設(shè)備先驅(qū)TiVo Inc.的首席執(zhí)行長羅杰斯(Tom Rogers)說，電話、筆記本電腦和平板電腦取得了突飛猛進(jìn)的發(fā)展，電視被遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)地落在了后面。
Tech companies trying to change that include Apple. Since 2007, it has sold an add-on box called Apple TV for streaming content, but has been mum about new TV offerings. The company has tested designs for its own televisions, executives at Apple suppliers have said.
蘋果是試圖改變這一點的科技公司之一。2007年以來，蘋果開始發(fā)售名為Apple TV的流媒體機(jī)頂盒，但它對提供電視機(jī)新產(chǎn)品卻一直保持沉默。蘋果供應(yīng)商高管說，蘋果已對其電視機(jī)設(shè)計進(jìn)行了測試。
Apple has explored a number of new features for such a product, people familiar with the situation have said, including integrating DVR storage and its iCloud Internet syncing and data-storage service, and voice-interaction capabilities.
知情人士說，蘋果探索了電視機(jī)產(chǎn)品的很多新功能，包括整合數(shù)字硬盤錄像設(shè)備存儲、iCloud互聯(lián)網(wǎng)同步和數(shù)據(jù)存儲服務(wù)以及語音交互功能等。
Microsoft is also promoting voice recognition as it positions its game consoles and companion Kinect controller for a broad role in home entertainment. The company's Xbox One, due out this fall, allows customers to navigate to programs by speaking commands such as 'Go to ESPN, ' or 'I want to watch 'Breaking Bad.''
微軟也在推進(jìn)語音識別功能，欲讓其游戲機(jī)和kinect控制器在家庭娛樂中發(fā)揮廣泛作用。微軟定于今秋發(fā)布Xbox One，用戶可通過口授命令來觀看具體節(jié)目，如“打開ESPN(娛樂體育節(jié)目電視網(wǎng))”或“我想看《絕命毒師》(Breaking Bad)”。
One basic challenge is simply managing the growing array of content options, including movies from Netflix, Web-originated fare like YouTube, conventional live TV and video consumers have recorded.
一項基本挑戰(zhàn)是要管理日益增多的內(nèi)容選項，包括Netflix的電影、YouTube等網(wǎng)絡(luò)產(chǎn)物、傳統(tǒng)直播電視節(jié)目和消費(fèi)者自己錄的視頻等。
Comcast is promising search advances as well as personalization features in X2, the cable giant's name for a new entertainment operating system.
康卡斯特目前承諾，X2將在搜索方面有諸多改善，而且會配備個性化功能。X2是這個電視巨頭建立的一個新娛樂操作系統(tǒng)。
That software, which Comcast plans to begin rolling out by the end of the year, is designed to recommend content currently on live TV based on tracking a customer's past viewing habits as well as topics trending on Twitter and Facebook. Comcast says X2's interface can work on TVs, PCs and mobile devices, and supports voice searching capability.
康卡斯特計劃今年年底之前開始推出該軟件，它可追蹤用戶以前的瀏覽習(xí)慣并根據(jù)推特(Twitter)及Facebook上的熱點話題來推薦正在直播的節(jié)目內(nèi)容。康卡斯特說，X2可與電視、個人電腦和移動設(shè)備相連，也可支持語音搜索功能。
One feature Intel has decided not to pursue for now is a camera equipped with facial-recognition software to help personalize offerings for each user in a household. Mr. Huggers says the technology didn't work well enough in the low lighting common when watching TV and raised privacy questions.
英特爾決定目前暫不追求的一個功能是配備人臉識別軟件的攝像頭，該攝像頭有助于為家里的每一個用戶提供個性化服務(wù)。哈格斯說，看電視時普遍是低光環(huán)境，該技術(shù)在這樣的環(huán)境下工作效果不是很好，并且會產(chǎn)生隱私問題。
