Chat through your TV with Cliqset, Boxee
Cliqset, a social content-sharing startup, has launched a partnership with Boxee to let users chat with friends on their TVs. The Gainesville, Fla.-based startup also launched a desktop client for its content sharing site, which resembles a cross between FriendFeed and Twitter. Cliqset pulls in… Continue Reading
Boxee raises $6M more to bring web content to your living room
Boxee, a company that has won ardent fans of its software for viewing online video and web content on your TV, has raised $6 million in a second round of funding.
The New York startup raised $4 million at the end of 2008, so it seems… Continue Reading
Boxee adds Pandora and makes its browser more Firefox-like for Hulu
Boxee, the streaming content startup, continues to push updates out at a brisk pace. Tonight, at its meetup in New York City, it’s announcing a few new features, one of which should help bring back Hulu support.
The marquee name being added to Boxee is Pandora,… Continue Reading
Will the Wii jump into the TV set-top box game?
In an interview with Variety magazine, Lionsgate president Curt Marvis let slip that the Wii presents a major opportunity for Hollywood studios to distribute movies and television shows — and that this might be a reality before the year is out. While it isn’t written… Continue Reading
The empire strikes back: Hulu blocks RSS access for Boxee
Well, that didn’t last long. This morning, Boxee, a company that offers a way to bring online video to your TV, brought back Hulu content to its users.
It did so by way of a workaround, using public RSS feeds. Hulu has already struck back, blocking… Continue Reading
Boxee and Hulu can’t reach an agreement, so Boxee creates a workaround (and launches an app store)
When Boxee was forced to pull Hulu support a few weeks ago, users were outraged. And rightfully so. It’s not like Boxee, a software media center startup, was blocking the advertisements Hulu was showing, it was really just another way to view the content, almost… Continue Reading
ZillionTV takes a new approach to the set-top box
ZillionTV, yet another company serving on-demand internet video to television sets, has unveiled its set-top box to a largely unenthused audience. With Apple TV, Roku, Vudu, 2Wire, Boxee and more already battling it out, it seems doubtful that a player so late to the game… Continue Reading
Boxee fanatics, chill out. The service works with the Apple TV 2.3.1 update
Apple sent out an update to the Apple TV last night, updating the box’s software to 2.3.1. No one really seems to be clear about what this update actually did (a network test, better iPhone remote performance?), but everyone is freaking out because as usual,… Continue Reading
Hulu channels Michael Corleone, Boxee support also whacked
Hulu, it seems, is tying up some loose ends.
Earlier today, it was revealed that the online streaming service had pulled its content off of CBS-owned TV.com — but that’s not all. It has also requested its content be removed from the media center software startup… Continue Reading
Boxee now lets you get “Lost” in ABC content
The new season of ABC’s hit show Lost premiered last night. Some people (me, for example) were busy and missed it. I was all set to buy the season pass on iTunes — but it’s $50 (in HD). I’d rather watch it for free, streaming… Continue Reading
Boxee adds Netflix support, but not for the Apple TV…yet
As set-top boxes that stream content over the internet to your TV become more popular, certain elements are starting to stand out to differentiate the best ones. Recently, the most popular of these elements is Netflix support. Roku has it, TiVo has it, some Blu-ray… Continue Reading
Boxee raises funding as it goes after content, your living room
I need to install Boxee. I’ve been putting it off, but it needs to happen — like tomorrow. You see, the media center solution startup has a fairly straightforward way of getting content from providers like Hulu (the NBC and Fox-backed online video streaming site)… Continue Reading
Roundup: Americans watch 12 billion online videos, Tesla breaks production logjam and more
Here’s the latest action:
Americans watched 12 billion online videos in May — That’s up 45 percent compared to the same period in 2007. While Google’s sites — especially YouTube — remained dominant, accounting for 34.8 percent of videos watched, Fox Interactive Media (owner of MySpace) climbed… Continue Reading