It joins a slew of new smart TV announcements made at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that is being held in Las Vegas this week. LG, Sony and Samsung are all expected to unveil collaborations with a revamped version of Google TV, and other companies are also revealing services that increasingly combine the internet with the functions of a conventional TV. This gives access to films and TV on demand, via services such as the BBC iPlayer and YouTube, as well as social networking features and other web functions.