LG today is releasing something it's calling "Connect SDK" to app developers. It's an open-source project that's designed to allow iOS and Android devices to stream video and photos to as many television devices as possible. At launch, it supports Roku, Chromecast, FireTV, webOS TVs, and some LG and Samsung TVs. LG says that Apple TV support is also in the works, but isn't supported at launch.
The basic problem LG is trying to solve is fragmentation: each TV platform has a slightly different way of getting media streamed to it. Apple TV's AirPlay is the most popular, but recently Chromecast has garnered a lot of attention. Other attempts to compete with AirPlay like DIAL and DLNA have failed because of technical problems or lack of...
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