NetCast (later Smart TV, then Legacy Platform) is a

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that was preinstalled on their

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between 2007 and 2014. LG has signed partnerships with various companies to provide services on the TV. It includes

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, Maxdome,

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and

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. LG has combined local and global services to provide the most relevant content. In 2011, they added support for widgets, which users were able to download. The widgets made use of

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or web technologies. It was succeeded by

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History

Netcast was rebranded to Smart TV in 2011, which was shown first at the CES. In 2011, the company Marmalade Technologies added Netcast support to their

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SDK.

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considered it "just plain disappointing" in a 2010 review. In a 2011 review, they noted that Netcast was first a mere placeholder with only three services, but noted that more apps had been added via a firmware update. The OpenLGTV project has added homebrew widgets to the Netcast platform. The software logged the filenames that were accessed and uploaded them to servers of LG. Netcast and Smart TV were replaced by the

platform in 2014. Starting in 2015, all smart TVs by LG were based on WebOS.

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NetCast platform specifications
LG Electronics Smart TV

History

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