Time Warner Cable has developed an app for Panasonic Viera TVs, making it the first operator to bring cable TV content to the platform. The app was being shown off in the Panasonic booth, along with other content providers.

For Time Warner Cable and other operators, TV apps are one way to provide more value to subscribers and to make more streaming content available than what they have in their traditional VOD libraries. And for consumer electronics manufacturers, these type of apps provide more content that their consumers can access on the devices.

Last year at CES, Time Warner Cable announced plans to build apps for Sony and Samsung broadband-connected TV sets. However, those apps have yet to materialize, it’s not clear when the Panasonic app — or Time Warner Cable apps for any other CE device — would make it into the market. TWC Director of Digital Communications Jeff Simmermon told me by email that the company would like to launch apps sometime this year across multiple platforms, but didn’t have any launch timing to share.

Time Warner Cable is just one of many cable operators looking to build connected TV apps. Samsung, for instance, was showing apps from Comcast, Verizon and DirecTV in its booth at CES. A representative said those apps would show up on its platform later this year.

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We’ve been talking about initiatives with the potential to change how we watch TV and now, one of them is finally ready to launch. We spent a lot of time going over Microsoft’s new dashboard for the Xbox 360 and what it could, but probably won’t, do to the market. Of course the folks in Redmond aren’t the only ones with something to show as we also cast an eye towards new iPad apps from Dijit and Cox, as well as the possibility we’ll see DirecTV’s HR34 Home Media Center DVR this week. Other topics include the cable companies getting out of wireless, Lovefilm switching from Flash to Silverlight, and Time Warner’s tablet app arriving on Android. As usual we close out with our picks of what to watch this week, so press play and see if you agree with our choices,

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00:03:09 – Xbox 360 Dashboard update review (fall 2011)
00:03:50 – Xbox 360′s new video services won’t all launch right away; Comcast, Verizon, and HBO Go delayed
00:12:15 – Xbox Companion app for WP7 will launch alongside the new dashboard December 6th
00:39:00 – DirecTV’s new five tuner HR34 Home Media Center DVR ready to launch December 8th?
00:45:29 – Hands-on with Dijit’s universal remote app for iPad
00:51:07 – Cox TV Connect app brings more live cable TV streaming to iPads
00:55:00 – Time Warner Cable’s tablet app available for Android, live TV streaming still iPad only
00:53:56 – BBC brings global iPlayer iPad app to Canada, one step closer to the US
00:55:09 – Lovefilm’s movie streaming will switch from Flash to Silverlight on PCs in 2012
00:57:53 – Verizon scores new spectrum from Comcast, Time Warner and Bright House for .6 billion (update)
01:00:29 – Kogan advertises Samsung LCDs in its HDTVs, Samsung would rather not take credit
01:02:09 – Lenovo trudging into the smart TV arena, plans LeTV launch in Q1 2012 (update: aka IdeaTV)
01:04:39 – Must See HDTV (December 5th – 11th)

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Microsoft’s new dashboard for the Xbox 360 is close at hand (read our full review for the details) but not all of the video partners that were announced for the new Kinect-centric experience will be launching alongside it. As of launch December 6th the list will look basically the same as it does now, with Epix joining options like Netflix, Hulu Plus, and Sky Go. Later on in the month more new providers like Crackle, Dailymotion, Rogers On Demand, Vudu, and Verizon FiOS TV will filter in, while the UFC app is timed to launch December 20th. Finally, a few highly anticipated additions including MLB.tv, HBO Go and Comcast’s Xfinity On Demand are among those slated for arrival in “early 2012″. Check after the break for the complete list, we’ll let you know about more specific launch dates as they become available.

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Google is considering its own paid cable TV service, potentially shaking up a territory long dominated by major industry players Comcast and AT&T.

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Just as the rumors indicated, Microsoft is bringing video from a number of providers beyond the ones it initially announced to the Xbox 360 in its fall update, including big guns like Verizon and Comcast. While Verizon is promising “a selection” of its live TV channels on the Xbox 360, as we’d expected Comcast is only bringing its Xfinity TV video on-demand offerings (no AnyPlay powered live TV — yet) for subscribers when it launches “in the coming months”. Other notables on the list include Lovefilm and BBC TV streaming in the UK, HBO Go, and Syfy. As promised during E3, the services integrated with Xbox will offer support for search across whatever video is available, no matter where, as well as support for Kinect voice and gesture controls. The universal search is promising, as it pulls together various services in one UI as we discussed on the podcast yesterday, but the reality is content providers and geographical limits on what services you can pick from are still throwing up walls. Check after the break for press releases from Microsoft, Comcast, and Verizon detailing what you’ll be able to access and where, as well as a video introduction to the new services.

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It’s been a bumpy ride, but we’re back with a new episode of the Engadget HD Podcast. This week brings multiple CableCARD tuners, iPad apps and even a few new projectors. Naturally, we eventually get into the discussion of the latest predictions for Media Center, but while Microsoft figures out where the Xbox 360 fits into its ecosystem, Sony’s snagged a sweet exclusive in the form on NFL Sunday Ticket. Finally, we wrap things up with what we’re watching this week and of course, some football talk.

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04:56 – Comcast’s Xfinity app debuts on Blackberry, updated on iOS
08:18 – Optoma delivers three new projectors, one does 3D for just ,499
10:12 – Elgato HDHomeRun iPad app brings (some) cable channels to the tablet
14:28 – SiliconDust delivering HDHomeRun Prime preorders, 3 tuner ships next week
19:48 – HDHomerun Prime CableCARD tuner hands-on
21:00 – Ceton InfiniTV 4 USB tuner priced at 9, ships September 19th
29:04 – Sony drops PS3 price to 0 in US, €250 in Europe
34:00 – DirecTV brings NFL Sunday Ticket to Android tablets and the PS3 this fall
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