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Arc Launcher Fixes Everything Wrong With Google TV

Arc Launcher transforms Google TV with a clean, ad-free interface, faster navigation, full app access, and powerful ...
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Norigin Media debuts React Native library for smart TV remote navigation

Norigin Media, a provider of broadcast and streaming app technology, released a React Native library that adds remote-control directional navigation for Apple TV and Android TV. The open-source ...

The obsolete Google gadget that's still better than your smart TV

It's a template that's been built on by Android and Google TV, and that modern proprietary smart TV OSes still fall short of.