Samsung says in talks with Google for Internet TV

Samsung Electronics is in talks with Google to produce a Google-branded Internet TV.

Samsung Electronics Co,the world’s biggest TV maker,is in talks with Google to produce a Google-branded Internet TV but it has issues to resolve with the Internet giant,the head of Samsung’s television business said.

The discussion is part of a string of content and technology tie-ups Samsung is making to get a bigger slice of the emerging “smart” TV market,with an aim of boosting flat-screen TV sales by 15 percent this year.

“We are discussing with Google but there are a couple of issues to resolve and we want to make it a win-win deal for both of us,” Yoon Boo-keun told reporters without elaborating.

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His remarks were made in December in Seoul but were embargoed until the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.

Samsung announced on Thursday partnerships with Comcast,Adobe and DreamWorks Animation to resuscitate weaker-than-expected sales of 3-D and Internet TVs and fend off margins as severe price competition keeps profits razor-thin.

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