The potential juggernaut that is Google TV will be launched in the States this year and in Europe in 2011 it was announced today.

According to the Google TV website 'Google TV is a new experience made for television that combines the TV you know and love with the freedom and power of the Internet.'

In summary, you will be able to browse and download content to your TV from popular video content sites such as Hulu and YouTube.

Speaking of YouTube, Google Chariman, Eric Schmidt said today...

"There are 300 million visitors a day, 2 billion view per day, 160 mobile views and 24 hours of video uploaded every minute. Income is also going up: there are 2 billion monetised views a week; the number of advertisers was up 50% from last year."