Movie Streaming - SlashGear

‘movie streaming’ Stories

Hulu Desktop app reminds people how good Boxee made it

Chris Davies, May 29th 2009 Discuss [0]

Hulu have announced a new desktop app, the imaginatively titled Hulu Desktop, which brings "lean-back viewing" to PC and Mac. The app allows the Hulu catalog to be browsed and titles played, either with a standard keyboard and mouse or with a remote control. However the news has come as something of a slap in the face to Boxee, who are still forced to use workaround fixes to access Hulu content on their multimedia platform. Read The Full Story

Conceptronic YUIXX Streaming HD media player & IPTV system

Chris Davies, May 26th 2009 Discuss [0]

The first retail product to use Intel's Media Processor CE 3100 - aka the Canmore SoC - has been announced, the Conceptronic YUIXX, promising streaming media at up to 1080p high-definition resolution, up to 2TB of onboard storage and optional DVB T/C/S TV tuners. The handiwork of Conceptronic and Metrological (who supplied the software), the YUIXX has HDMI 1.3a, composite and component ports, together with two USB 2.0 ports, TOSLINK, an SD/MMC card reader and optional Bluetooth and WiFi draft-n. Read The Full Story

Featured

FyreTV UnBoXXXing (SFW)

Steven Grady, May 15th 2009 Discuss [4]

This was an interesting assignment. SlashGear has received some FyreTV BoXXXes (Yes, three X’s) and absolutely must review them. Oh the terrible, terrible things this job makes me do. Explanation and video after the jump.

Read The Full Story

Vudu partners with Entone for set-top box service

Brenda Stokes, May 5th 2009 Discuss [0]

Vudu will soon be offering its movies on a third-party set-top box, changing up their title and adding the function of service provider to their already able hardware manufacturer moniker. Who is this third-party company in question? That would be Entone. Read The Full Story

Pirate Bay submits petition for a retrial

Brenda Stokes, Apr 27th 2009 Discuss [0]

Defendants from The Pirate Bay submitted a petition for a retrial today, moving forward on accusations that the trial itself was unfair and shouldn't count. The official claim is that Judge Tomas Norstrom, who presided over the trial was biased. Read The Full Story

Amazon HD Video on Demand hits TiVo, Roku, VIERACast HDTVs

Chris Davies, Apr 22nd 2009 Discuss [0]

Amazon have announced the arrival of HD content through their Video on Demand service. Leaked as in development last December, though denied at the time, the service goes live today with HD titles priced at between $3.99 and $4.99. Compatible devices include Series3 TiVo DVRs, Roku's Video Player, Sony's BRAVIA Internet Link and Panasonic VIERACast HDTVs. Read The Full Story

Adobe Flash Platform for HDTVs gets hardware, content

Chris Davies, Apr 20th 2009 Discuss [0]

Adobe have announced hardware and content partners who will adopt the Adobe Flash Platform on internet-connected HDTVs and set-top boxes. Demonstrating a range of widget and HD streaming media capable devices at the National Association of Broadcasters Show this week, Broadcom, Comcast, Intel, Netflix, NXP Semiconductors and others have all signed up for the platform. Read The Full Story

Sony, YouTube in talks on movie streaming

Brenda Stokes, Apr 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

Earlier this week, we talked about a rumor going around that Sony and YouTube were in talks about the possibility of the video site posting full length movies and now Sony has confirmed that such talks are, in fact, happening. Read The Full Story

Boxee add App Box, API, Pandora & Hulu-happy browser

Chris Davies, Apr 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

Boxee have launched a new version of their open-source media center app, together with an API for developers and a new download service called App Box for third-party extensions. The company has also confirmed that they are in talks with manufacturers to get Boxee loaded onto games consoles, Blu-ray players and other set-top boxes. Read The Full Story

YouTube set to get Sony films, says rumor

Brenda Stokes, Apr 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

According to a rumor floating around, YouTube is in talks with Sony Pictures at this moment to carry the company's movies on the site. This would be a be a pretty big deal and show an effort on YouTube's part to expand their content offerings. Read The Full Story

Motorola Media Mover will reach production

Chris Davies, Apr 6th 2009 Discuss [0]

All the way back in September 2008 Motorola demonstrated their MCU3E, an awesome little wireless media transcoder device. At the time they had no plans for production; now, though, the gadget is back with a new casing, a new name - the Motorola Media Mover - and what seems to be a definite launch plan. Read The Full Story

Sony Blu-ray Disc recorders export to PSP, other devices

Brenda Stokes, Mar 30th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sony will be releasing two new Blu-ray recorders soon that offer support for a variety of exporting options, the company announced today. The 500GB BDZ-A950 and the 320GB BDZ-A750 are sleek devices that allow users to export recorded content to Sony gadgets. Read The Full Story