NYConvergence.com » Roku http://nyconvergence.com Digital Media Technology News for the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut Tri-State Area Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:16:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Boxee Shifts Focus to Tablets, Smartphones and Other Devices http://nyconvergence.com/2011/12/boxee-shifts-focus-to-tablets-smartphones-and-other-devices.html http://nyconvergence.com/2011/12/boxee-shifts-focus-to-tablets-smartphones-and-other-devices.html#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:47:51 +0000 NYConvergence http://nyconvergence.com/?p=39311 [Full Story…]]]> Image representing Boxee as depicted in CrunchBase

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Brooklyn based Boxee’s latest 1.5 release for PC/Mac/Ubuntu will be its last. The media streaming software company said the future of digital TV is changing. According to VentureBeat, Roku set-top box devices, Blu-Rays with support apps for Netflix and even Boxee Boxes have eliminated the need for connecting computers to TVs.

“While there are still many users who have computers connected to their TVs, we believe this use case is likely to decline as users find better alternatives,” Andrew Kippen wrote on Boxee’s blog. “People will continue to watch a lot of video on their computer, but it is more likely to be a laptop than a home-theater PC and probably through a browser rather than downloaded software.”

According to VentureBeat, the company was originally very popular with techies for its slick interface. But now it seeks a wider audience. Last year it came out with a user-friendly Boxee Box and and released an iPad app this summer.

VentureBeat

]]> http://nyconvergence.com/2011/12/boxee-shifts-focus-to-tablets-smartphones-and-other-devices.html/feed 1 Boxee Announces Live NHL Streaming On TV http://nyconvergence.com/2010/04/starting-monday-web-to-tv-software-company-boxee-will-begin-streaming-the-national-hockey-leagues-game-center-live-online-g.html http://nyconvergence.com/2010/04/starting-monday-web-to-tv-software-company-boxee-will-begin-streaming-the-national-hockey-leagues-game-center-live-online-g.html#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:24:00 +0000 NYConvergence http://nyconvergence.com/?p=1049 [Full Story…]]]> Starting Monday, Brooklyn based Web-to-TV software company Boxee will begin streaming the National Hockey League's Game Center Live online, which streams approximately a thousand of the league's 1,200 games per season. A Boxee spokesperson stated that because the season is currently coming to an end, content available through the Boxee platform is minimal but that they are laying the groundwork for the coming season.

The Wall Street Journal

]]> http://nyconvergence.com/2010/04/starting-monday-web-to-tv-software-company-boxee-will-begin-streaming-the-national-hockey-leagues-game-center-live-online-g.html/feed 0 Blip.tv Announces New Distribution, Ad-Tracking Deals http://nyconvergence.com/2009/07/bliptv-announces-new-distribution-adtracking-deals.html http://nyconvergence.com/2009/07/bliptv-announces-new-distribution-adtracking-deals.html#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:01:00 +0000 NYConvergence http://nyconvergence.com/?p=2747 [Full Story…]]]> Bliptvpressconference

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Online video provider Blip.tv announced several new content distribution partners, including YouTube, Vimeo, NBCU Local Media NY, and Roku, at a press conference at their offices in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood this morning.

In addition, Blip.tv's show creators will now be able to upload their content to YouTube with ads placed and trackable by Blip.tv and possibly have their shows aired on NBC's new digital TV channel, New York
Nonstop.  Blip.tv is also readying a channel on Roku's player for this fall.

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