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Tim Bradshaw Boxee comes to the UK with BBC iPlayer

June 8, 2011 11:41 am by Tim Bradshaw

Boxee, the internet entertainment service, is bringing its TV set-top box to the UK this week. Netflix, Pandora and Major League Baseball have proven popular on its D-Link-manufactured device in the US since its launch last year, allowing owners to watch web TV and their own digital downloads on the big-screen TV set. Read more

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Further reading: Batman for hire on Facebook and Spotify clocks 1m subscribers

March 8, 2011 10:33 am by Phill Tutt

Tech news from around the web:

  • Warner Brothers is claiming to be the first film studio to offer movies for rent via Facebook, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Friends of Christopher Nolan’s Batman film Dark Knight can rent the film by going to the film’s Facebook page and clicking a “rent” icon. The cost per rental is 30 Facebook Credits, or $3, and viewers will have 48 hours from the purchase to watch the film.

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Chris Nuttall Popbox leads CES internet TV showtime

January 4, 2010 8:01 am by Chris Nuttall

Internet content will be arriving on televisions in a multitude of ways at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with the Popbox getting out ahead of the field as a smarter than average set-top box.

Announced today by Syabas, maker of thePopcorn Hour  streaming device for enthusiasts, the Popbox has more mainstream appeal in its looks and features and introduces the concept of internet apps for the TV. Read more

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Chris Nuttall Boxee gets its own TV box

December 8, 2009 4:56 am by Chris Nuttall

Boxee, the internet entertainment service, has unveiled its first hardware box at a New York event, and it’s not your usual container.

The Boxee Box is an irregular-sided object with minimum video connectivity. It will be made by D-Link, best known for its consumer network routers. Read more

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Chris Nuttall Roku opens TV app store for OTT channels

December 3, 2009 11:50 pm by Chris Nuttall

With streaming Netflix movies now available on TV screens through the Xbox, PlayStation 3, Tivo, several Blu-ray players and LG HDTVs, the little Roku set-top box, which became one of the first Netflix streamers 18 months ago, is in need of some differentiation.

That came today with the launch of 10 free channels on the box, which sells for as little as $80.
Pandora radio, Facebook and Flickr photos, FrameChannel feeds, MobileTribe social networking and video from Blip.TV, Mediafly, Motionbox, Revision 3 and TWiT make up the lineup.

(This review was first published on November 23 2009) Read more

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Chris Nuttall Boxee breaks out with baseball base hit

June 24, 2009 9:26 am by Chris Nuttall

Boxee is breaking out of that box we had put it in and labelled:   Upstart Internet TV pioneer unloved by the establishment.

At a San Francisco party on Tuesday night, it announced a partnership with Major League Baseball to offer thousands of games live and on-demand in high-definition. Read more

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Chris Nuttall Cable suffers OTT attack at TVOT

March 14, 2009 5:50 am by Chris Nuttall

Despite being invited, there was no one from the cable industry represented on the TV of Tomorrow Show’s Over The Top panel this week – probably because they were outside guarding their lunch, which the panelists seemed bent on eating.

Over The Top refers to a new range of internet-based entertainment and information services being fed into televisions that vault over the top of services being provided by the established cable and satellite players in the US. Read more

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