As Yahoo! is busy assimilating the top management team and their technology from Meedio, it seems Yahoo! while having taken a big step back from content creating is seeking to leverage their core asset, the portal as all things and places Yahoo!

Since they already have such a deep bench in terms of content distribution in IM, Flickr, LaunchCast and their portal bringing them all together via a pc hub seems a rational move.

While, the beta leaves Mac and Linux users on the sidelines for the moment, it will be interesting to see how compelling the experience will be for users as they move physically from place to place and move content from room to room. I am looking forward to seeing their UI after having had a brief flirtation with an LG equipped Microsoft program guide unit. I would gather Yahoo! would make the system work with their extensive TV listings.

What you may notice on their TV listings site is a link to schedule on a Tivo, which one would now think a competitor? in addition, since my Humax unit is already connected to my network I can move video, audio and still content to my DLP. More to come.

Part of the announcement from Yahoo!

Bring Yahoo! into your Living Room Introducing Yahoo! Go for TV (Beta)
The Digital Home team has launched a beta version of Yahoo! Go for TV.
Yahoo! Go for TV is designed as a remote-control-friendly experience,
Giving consumers access to Yahoo! on their television sets without needing to pick-up a keyboard or touch a mouse.

The Yahoo! Go for TV beta is available today through an easy to install
downloadable application that will run on any PC connected to a TV. The
beta is initially available in the United States only on Yahoo! Next.
Yahoo's can download it from http://go.connect.yahoo.com/go/tv/index

Key features of Yahoo! Go for TV includes:
. Yahoo! Video Search
. Watch featured and most popular searched video content from Yahoo!
. Find videos using Yahoo!'s industry leading video search technology\
. Yahoo! Photos and Flickr
. View photos from Yahoo! Photos or stored on a local hard drive
. View Flickr photos from communities around the world
. Yahoo! Movies
. Watch the latest and top box office movie trailers
. Get movie info and Yahoo! ratings and recommendations
. Get listings for local theaters and show times
. Yahoo! Music
. Listen to LAUNCHcast radio, including customized stations
. Watch music videos in stereo
. Yahoo! TV
. Built in DVR for recording and managing TV shows and movies
. Integrated TV listing guide that allows consumers to browse by
channel or time

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