Getting movie studios to agree to a streaming video policy is no small task. Amazon is, according to a rumor, willing to fight that battle if they can come out with a Netflix competitor.READ»
Remember what cable TV was like in the early '80s? Sure, now we have shows like the Sopranos, the Daily Show, and Mad Men, but back then it was mostly Emmanuelle 8 on "Skinemax" and HBO's Real Sex. Now it seems a similar evolutionary ...READ»
Streaming video service Boxee has just joined the ranks of Roku and Vudu with its own set-top box, to be built by D-Link. The box -- which isn't actually box-shaped at all -- goes on sale at a "network of retail outlets" in the first half of 2010. No price just yet.READ»
Starting Monday morning, owners of Roku devices will have access to a
new channel store that increases the number of content providers from three--Netflix, Amazon, and Major League Baseball
Advanced Media--to 13. Among the most ...READ»
A new standalone streaming TV service called Sezmi has launched a pilot program in LA, after announcing it had raised another $25 million in funding. So what is this thing?
The Sezmi plans to compete with cable and satellite TV ...READ»
We already know Netflix users are begging for easier ways to get streaming video to their TVs--Xbox, PS3, Roku, and Blu-ray players apparently aren't simple enough solutions. Instead, more and more
people watch TV and film on their ...READ»
A new study comparing streaming video services from Amazon and Netflix found that most people surveyed didn't even know they could stream video in the first place. Wait a minute: Didn't a study we reported on yesterday say that 90% of ...READ»
Last night, news leaked that YouTube was in talks with major movie studios like Lions Gate, Sony, MGM, and Time Warner to begin renting movies as soon as they were available on DVD. The full-length films would be available for rent ...READ»
If you haven't heard of Netflix's [NASDAQ:NFLX] Roku box, here's the scoop: it's a little $100-gizmo that attaches to your TV and streams movies over an Internet connection, which can be had by way of Netflix's monthy rental plans ...READ»
