• by Mark Walsh  @markfwal, September 15, 2010

Yahoo said today it had extended its Connected TV offering was now available on Toshiba's latest 46”-55” HDTVs including the Cinema Series line. That service, which provides widgets allowing people to access Facebook, Twitter, Pandora, Blockbuster and other popular online brands while watching TV, is already distributed via TVs from manufacturers including Samsung, Sony, LG and Vizio.

Yahoo TV Widgets are found on more than 3.5 million TVs worldwide, with active users in 135 countries, according to Yahoo. Earlier this month, the company also reached an agreement with European TV maker Vestel Group to ship models equipped with Yahoo Connected TV across more than 40 countries in Europe starting in the first quarter of 2011. Read more here.