YouTube joins Netflix on LG Electronics televisions

January 7, 2009 Pedestrians walk past a logo of LG Electronics

Pedestrians walk past a logo of LG Electronics in Seoul in 2006. The convergence of television and the Internet quickened Wednesday as LG Electronics unveiled high-definition sets linked to YouTube as well as the US online movie rental service Netflix.

The convergence of television and the Internet quickened Wednesday as LG Electronics unveiled high-definition sets linked to YouTube as well as the US online movie rental service Netflix.

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