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

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Apr 22nd 2009 No Comments

amazon hd vodAmazon 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.

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Verizon Hub E! and National Geographic content announced

By Chris Davies on Monday, Feb 9th 2009 2 Comments

Verizon Wireless have released a mass of new information about the Verizon Hub, which officially launched at the beginning of the month.  We now know that not only will the Hub act as a femtocell – bridging Verizon Wireless cellphone calls across the home broadband connection – but that content from E! Entertainment and National Geographic will be available to view on the 7-inch touchscreen of the ”communication command center”.  Finally, more details have emerged about the interaction between the Hub and the VZ Navigator GPS service.

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Gridcast TV on PS3 gets Official

By Daniel Lim on Wednesday, Dec 17th 2008 No Comments

Announced last month, Gridnetworks has today confirmed its Gridcast TV is now officially supported on PS3. The Gridcast TV service leverages UPnP technology in PS3, works as a media server to stream programs and web-based video content though PS3 to your TV.

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Vudu preps HDX to rival Blu-Ray?

By Daniel Lim on Wednesday, Sep 10th 2008 No Comments

While Vudu is prepping its IP-based HD Video on Demand to rival Blu-Ray disc, some beta testers are seeping out their early tested result-it takes hours to download just for the flick to get started. There is no secret that Vudu is planning on more 1080p HD contents on demand service with upgraded features like full 1080p video over component output, multizone support and lifetime content warranty.

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