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How The BBC Is Quietly, Confidently Shaping The Future Of TV

The BBC's iPlayer tech is an international treasure for watching BBC shows on demand online. Now it's been launched as a new app--for TVs.READ»

New Tweaks Could Turn Apple TV Into A Game-Playing, Video-Chatting, Multimedia Superstar

Apple's unassuming $99 TV product is getting some upgrades that could potentially turn it into a multimedia powerhouse and a stealth billion-dollar business.READ»

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Apple TV Is Ripe for Hacking: A Secret Plan to Bring Apps to Your TV

Apple TV is out, and it's already been sliced and filleted, revealing Apple's long-term secret plan to get its app store onto your TV and beat the set-top-box brigade.READ»

2010 Internet-TV Election: Fringe Candidate Boxee Box Challenges Apple, Google

This fall, one election really matters: Which set-top box will connect your TV to the Internet? Apple TV and Google TV have all the money, but fringe candidate Boxee Box, with its radical open-source philosophy, deserves a closer look.READ»

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Apple TV Rumors: You and Your Grandmother Will Never Watch TV the Same Way Again

The rumors spin ever faster about Apple's iTV device--it'll apparently change everything, and now there's some evidence that Apple is training its in-store employees for "something big."READ»

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Rumor: Apple TV Refreshed Into "iTV," With iPhone OS and Games in Mind

The rumors about a refresh for Apple's TV product are swirling again, only this time with more ferocity. It's almost like the time before the iPad arrived on the scene.READ»

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Free OS Android Too Expensive for Net-Enabled TVs, Says Panasonic

Google, we know, loves to extend its grasping business tentacles in as many directions as possible, so the company's execs will be interested to learn of this particular G-fail: Panasonic is rejecting Android for TVs, citing ...READ»

YouTube XL Lives for Your HDTV

Not to be outdone by Hulu's gorgeous desktop application, the video team at Google has just released YouTube XL, a simplified version of the video Web site meant to be displayed on your television. Unlike Hulu's app, YouTube XL ...READ»