Samsung announced a deal with USAToday.com to deliver news and local weather information direct to your TV. “Weather is the most popular feature (in trials),” says a Samsung spokesperson. Separately, Sharp announced it would pipe selected internet content directly to its Aquos TVs, including local weather and Traffic.com updates. NBC will be one of the content partners, with others to be announced later. Both Sharp and Samsung TVs don’t require any extra hardware — just plug an ethernet cable directly into your TV set. This is just one more development of how local consumers are able to bypass local media for their local weather and traffic — this time right on their TV sets.
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