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platform based on

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, built by

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that was preinstalled on their smart TVs between 2009 and 2014. LG has signed partnerships with various companies to provide services on the TV. It includes

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, Maxdome, CinemaNow,

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and more apps that can be downloaded from the internet. LG has combined local and global services to provide the most relevant content. In 2011, LG added the LG Apps Store to the platform. It allowed users to install applications which were not previously included on their TVs. The platform was succeeded by

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History

NetCast, or NetCast Entertainment Access, was announced by LG at CES 2009. At launch, it gave users access to Netflix, YouTube and

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. Later, support for

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has also been added. In 2010, LG introduced the LG Magic Remote, which is a TV remote designed to be used with their Smart TV system. The motion-controlled remote allowed users to move it in the air to control a mouse cursor, similar to the

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. The technology for the remote was provided by

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, and is still used today. NetCast was rebranded to Smart TV in 2011, which was shown first at CES. In 2011, the company Marmalade Technologies added NetCast support to their

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SDK.

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considered it "just plain disappointing" in a 2010 review. In a 2011 review, they noted that NetCast was first a mere placeholder with only three services, but noted that more apps had been added via a firmware update. The OpenLGTV project has added homebrew widgets to the NetCast platform. The software logged the filenames that were accessed and uploaded them to servers of LG. NetCast and Smart TV were replaced by the

platform in 2014. Starting in 2015, all smart TVs by LG were based on webOS.

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