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Samsung just stepped up their game in the Set Top Box division by purchasing Israeli and NYC based Boxee streaming media. Boxee came out in 2007 as streaming TV media started to gain traction. Companies like Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon, Vudu and more created apps which could be seen on the Boxee Entertainment System. Even Techpodcasts and Blubrry have channels
For some time now I’ve been using an iOS/Android app called “Heytell” to communicate with a number of friends and relatives. Heytell’s appeal is that it offers reliable asynchronous voice messages that are quick and easy to send to people when you don’t want to invest the time in a phone conversation. Heytell’s success as an app is that it
Earlier in the week, Microsoft gave the Xbox a big push in the race for HDMI 1 with Steve Ballmer announcing Xbox TV and partnerships with over 40 content providers. Jeffrey Powers has already covered the main announcement on GNC but I wanted to add a little bit of UK spin. In the UK, additional programming boxes such as the
Yesterday Boxee announced that SEC Digital Network has launched their college sports app for the Boxee platform. For those who don't, SEC is the Southeaster Conference. They cover all areas of college sports for the member schools. You can visit their website for more information. The app features news, specials, highlight, full games, and a lot more. The feature set,
Following on from the previous post, Boxee have announced that they're opening a European office in London. In an email to Boxee users, they said that Wil Stephens will be setting up shop to bring more content to the UK audience and will be working with D-Link to get more boxes into more stores. They'll also be hiring staff so
Any questions about where Boxee may be heading could have been answered with the latest user survey. The questions surround premium content that it seems they are thinking of making available to users. What kind of premium content? The best kind - pay-per-view, sports, and premium channels like HBO. The gist of the survey surrounds what users are willing to
It’s been a while since dumping my $100-dollar-per-month Dish Network habit. Ominously for the existing broadcast/cable/satellite structure, I haven’t missed it – not even one little bit. Sorry guys, that money now goes for other discretionary things. Save Our Buggy Whips! I saw an article about the traditional broadcasters in Canada saying they needed to somehow “get ahead” of the