Archive for the 'Internet TV Software' Category

Hulu TV on desktop

If watching internet TV is too much like hard work, then Hulu have the answer in the shape of a newly released desktop internet TV app.
Named ‘Hulu Desktop’, the software runs on Windows and Mac based computers and can be viewed using mouse, keyboard, or any six button PC or Mac remote control device.
Hulu commented [...]

Joost TV website looking to sell up

Internet TV and video aggregator website Joost, is looking around for a buyer if reports are correct. reportedly shopping itself around to satellite and cable providers.Time Warner Cable is reportedly in talks to acquire Internet-video aggregator Joost, according to CNET.
Joost which launched in a blaze of glory in 2007 and was created by the founders [...]

iPlayer makeover now includes HD

The highly rated BBC internet catch up TV service ‘iPlayer’ has had a HD makeover. Now arguably the best online TV service is available in stunning high definition format.

Anthony Rose. Controller of media & technology called the HD and other improvments ‘the most significant release since the service went live’. Full list of changes include:-
Improved [...]

Verizon jumping aboard the TV widgets bandwagon

With the advent of Yahoo Widgets embedded in TV sets and the interactivity that will allow the viewers, its no surprise that Cable companies are following suit. Soon you will be able to browse Ebay or your Facebook page. Find related videos on Youtube to the show your watching and other interactive things courtesy of [...]

Internet TV wars update – Boxee regains Hulu streams. Then loses them again

Update on Internet TV wars. Pre emptive strike repelled by hostile Hulu.
Streaming TV media center, Boxee which was last month banned from streaming Hulu content has found a way around the missing content problem. In a daring manouvere they let users watch streams from RSS feeds as anyone with a browser can. This allowed Boxee [...]

Star Trek Boldly going to Iphone

CBS is taking the iPhone where no iPhone has gone before.
Good news for iPhone owners into Scifi. Star Trek complete with strange outfits and pointy ears can be viewed on your mobile device.

Star Trek:-
“Space…The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out [...]

Internet TV success – This is just the beginning

Internet TV is still in its birth pangs and despite its massive success has a long way to go. So says a BBC iPlayer spokesman.

Ashley Highfield, who was BBC head of Future Media and Technology and is now the MD of consumer and online – Microsoft UK commented:- “Internet viewing is still a very small [...]

Netflix movie subscribers hit 10 million plus

The amazing success story of Netflix continues unabbated. The company has announced that its subscriber base has blown through the 10 million barrier, in part due to the runaway success of it’s movie streaming online.
The company which is the largest online movie rental service in the world has managed to add over 600,000 new subscribers [...]