From informationweek.com:
Sony plans to ship next month a device for streaming Web video to a high-definition TV, launching the company’s first challenger to the Apple TV.
The Bravia Internet Video Link will be priced at $300 and will stream video over a broadband connection to compatible Sony Bravia HDTVs, the company said Wednesday. The device connects to the television via USB and HDMI ports. HDMI, or High-Definition Multimedia Interface, is a digital link that carries audio and video signals.
Compatible Bravia HDTVs are shipping today with a bracket on the back for holding the paperback book-sized device, a spokesman for Sony Electronics said. Available Web video, which is accessed through the TV remote control, will only come from Sony’s movie and music divisions, or through partners Yahoo, Time Warner’s AOL, and Grouper. More partnerships will be announced at later date.
