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Google TV pretty much shut out after Viacom blocks access

Apple Online Store“Google TV was dealt another major blow on Sunday after viewers discovered that Viacom had blocked the platform on its networks,” Electronista reports.

“Websites for Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and other networks now show that the ‘content is unavailable for your device’ rather than loading the Flash video,”Electronista reports. “It joins blocks from Fox, NBC, SyFy, ABC and CBS and now virtually leaves just Turner as one of the major networks allowing Google TV.”

MacDailyNews Take: Introducing Turner TV by Google, home of Our Lady of Perpetual Beta.™ Hope you like the Braves.

Electronista reports, “The lack of content from major providers has gutted much of the platform’s advantage for Internet video.”

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MacDailyNews Take: You don’t want the over-priced half-assery of Google TV, you want an Apple TV.

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