Gigaom reports that MOVL, the Atlanta-based second-screen startup, has confirmed that last month it was acquired by Samsung. The terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed. . Read More

Google TV is rolling out simplifications and improvements that include voice search and an update to its TV & Movies guide app, which is now called PrimeTime. Read More

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Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) will expand the test of a streaming movie rental service it conducted this year into a full-fledged offering in early 2011, TechCrunch reported, citing a source briefed on the product.

The service will be "heavily marketed," according to the source, and focus on "top tier" films.

The streaming service will also reportedly be tied to Google TV.

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New York - Google (NASD:  GOOG) has asked its manufacturing partners to delay their introduction of new Google TV hardware, expected to be unveiled at next month’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), so it can "refine" the underlying software, The New York Times reported, citing people familiar with the company’s plans. Toshiba, LG and Sharp were prepared to introduce new devices supporting Google TV, the company’s platform that marries Web-based video programming with its search technology.

Google’s "late" request of the companies reportedly "caught some of the manufacturers off guard," [...].