Netflix is busy changing things up. The company, after making it possible for people to pay for streaming-only service, is now working on getting their Watch Instantly service a bit more stocked, especially when it comes to current TV episodes. They apparently want it so bad, that rumors are now suggesting that the online movie-and-television show-rental service is looking to pay a hefty sum to make it possible for new episodes of TV shows to be played via Watch Instantly.
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‘Media Streaming’ Stories
Netflix May Be Willing to Pay $100,000 per Episode for Current TV Episodes to be Streamed Instantly
PSP and UK TVs Updated by Sony to Work with Qriocity Streaming Movies
Hooray, Sony will soon be bringing their Qriocity streaming movie service to all PSP machines and Bravia TVs and Blue-ray players and home theater systems in the UK. Oh you UK, you're gonna love it. What this means for the PSP is access to the Sony Music Unlimited library, for the other devices, this will mean they've got complete access to the stream of streaming goodness. In the PSP, this update will require the user to move to version 6.35 (which is coming soon.) Along with the update will come an icon that'll sit in the XMB interface's Music category.
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Acer’s Clear.fi is Media Sharing Made Easy
Acer’s press event today started with hardware, and ended with software. Throughout their announcements this morning, the company made sure to focus on the fact that interactivity between their devices was paramount. They wanted to feature the same User Interface, the same elements, amongst their devices, no matter the software powering it, or the hardware owners would be using. To help that, sharing media is a must, and so the company has created a new way to share your media, all in hopes of making it easier, more streamlined, with a focus on multi-platform. It’s called Clear.fi.
NETGEAR ReadyNAS Ultra 2 and Plus Series Announced, DLNA Certification in Tow
If getting a multi-site backup software application wasn't enough, NETGEAR is continuing with their Friday announcement by unveiling new devices for their Ultra series of media streaming devices. The new devices are labeled as the world's fastest home media servers, and come packed with features that will make streaming media in your home easier, and more enjoyable.
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Cirago and PlayOn stream internet and personal video to your TV
The maker of a hardware set top streaming boxes called Cirago and streaming content provider PlayOn have announced that they have teamed up to offer access to your personal media library and access to popular web streaming content on your TV. The content will stream to your set via the Cirago CMC3000, CMC1000, and CMC2000 media players.
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Android users can stream TV and movies with Crackle
If you are a big streaming media fan on the Android platform a new movie and TV streaming service is now available for you. The service is Crackle from Sony Pictures Entertainment. The app is a free download on the Android Market and has paid and free content offerings.
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Roku Gains Content Partnership with Hulu
Today, Roku has officially announced that Hulu is coming to the Roku media streaming devices available in the market. It will be made available in the Hulu Plus variant, which means that if you want to get your hands on the media streaming service, you'll have to drop some money every month. But, the additional service to the media streaming set-top box does indeed put a new twist on the at-home media streaming services, and puts some question marks over the other set-top boxes available to consumers.
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HBO and Verizon bring FiOS TV subscribers Skinemax content online
I think most of us know that Cinemax has some decent movies at times but after say 9pm, all you are likely to find is shows with questionable storylines and lots of boobies. It may well be the greatest network on TV. FiOS TV customers can now access content from Cinemax online from anywhere with Max Go.
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Netflix now live on Panasonic Viera Cast
We have been talking about the new line of Panasonic TVs for a while now. Most of the new sets were on display at IFA recently and they looked really cool. One of the most interesting features of many of the new Panasonic TVs is the Viera Cast internet content service.
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Denon AVR-4311CI Getting Upgraded to be iTunes AirPlay Compatible
While there's plenty of room for the home media manufacturers out there to make brand new things to feature the recently announced AirPlay from Apple, that doesn't necessarily mean that a few of the "oldie-but-goodie" systems out there need to be completely forgotten. The AVR-4311CI from Denon is set to get optimized for the newest wireless media streaming service.
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Boxee Box to Feature Webkit Browser, Push HTML5
It's been a long time since we heard anything about the D-Link built Boxee Box, but we're willing to say that it was worth the wait to hear good news such as this. The Box is still primed to launch some time in November, for the same price of $199. The change comes more in the software: the new Box will feature a Webkit Browser, and thanks to some choice words from Rob Spectre, it looks like they're going to make a hard push for HTML5.
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Pogoplug iPad App Now Available in iTunes App Store, Showcases Wireless Printing
When Steve Jobs stood on stage just a couple of days ago, and announced the upcoming iOS 4.2 update, which is making its way to the iPad in November of this year, one of the features he was proud to show off was wireless printing. Considering the tablet device was missing the feature from the get-go, it's about time it's making an appearance in the native Operating System. But, what if you don't want to wait until November? Then hopefully you've got yourself a Pogoplug, because thanks to the app that they've just released into the App Store, you can get yourself some iPad printing right now.
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