RE:RE:RE:Intel and TransGamingTransGaming’s brush with Smart TV technology began when Intel approached the company in its search for a gaming partner. TransGaming put together a user interface compatible with Intel’s hardware, equipped with 16 games from its collection and impressed the Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm so much that its start-up investment arm, Intel Capital, put half a million dollars into the company and invited Gupta to be a keynote speaker at its developer conference, Intel Developer Forum, in San Francisco.
"That became the coming out party for our Smart TV distribution,” which led to broader strides into digital distribution of interactive entertainment content onto Smart TV.
Incidentally, Intel announced that it will launch its own Internet TV set-top box sometime this year, which could be a distribution outlet for TransGaming. And, building on a recent agreement that it signed with TV streaming platform Roku,
The revenue model can be compared to Netflix’s subscription-based concept. A cable company charges a consumer, say, $4.99 for monthly access to a catalog of games,with close to 70 million possible subscriptions and growing this model makes it an superb investment.and coin.