Adobe Air

In adobe own word:

"The Adobe® AIR runtime enables you to have your favorite web applications with you all the time. Since applications built for Adobe AIR run on your desktop computer without a web browser, they provide all the convenience of a desktop application."

It is much faster to load than a typical browser, thanks to Adobe AIR, the delay between "lets watch what's on TV" and "WOW i like this show" is faster than ever. Get it locally or at Adobe Marketplace.

PS: As a nice side effect, this is much faster to launch than typical browser. So it reduces the delay between "lets watch what's on TV" and "WOW i like this show".