Berlin, Germany -LG Electronics, Philips and Sharp issued a joint statement before the start of IFA, here, that they have agreed to work jointly to ramp up applications for Internet-powered televisions.

The three companies will create software development kits for distribution to third-party developers to write TV applications.

LG said that although the three companies use different operating systems in the smart TVs, establishing a common technology standard for building applications will help them run compatibly on the various sets.