Boxee launches Live TV. Easy.
So Apple is a hardware company, eh?
So why the hold up on the Hulu app? If Apple add it they’ll ship more hardware; Hulu is a well-known brand and people buy Rokus because of it. Slap that sticker on the side of the box and ship some more of those puppies.
Via TNW:
Apple TV Update available for download now
- Buy TV shows without having to go through iTunes. Previously you could only rent (‘Buy’ library is much, much larger than the ‘Rent’ library)
- Your previous iTunes TV purchases are now located in the cloud (You’ll be able to delete those hard drive hogging HD TV shows and stream them whenever you like)
- Vimeo support
Via Daring Fireball
TW Cable loses 130,000 home-cable subscribers
The temptation is to call the people who dropped TWC cord cutters, but are they really unhappy with cable or have they just lost the ability to pay?
Via purdyinblue
It’s probably a mix of both. Thankfully, I’m in a position where I can afford to pay for cable; I choose not to because the increasing prices coupled with decreasing reliability moved it from the luxury goods/services category to the more trouble than it’s worth category.
My guess is that if more people had the technical capability to do so, they’d make the switch in a second.
Netflix not responsible for cord cutting?
Really? I may be a focus group of one, but Netflix is the exact reason I cut the cord on cable tv.
Elgato launches Home Run.
I already use Elgato’s excellent EyeTV One to view 35 free, HD, Over The Air (OTA) channels in my CableTV-free media system. At some point, I’ll switch to this wireless solution.
Elgato launches Tivizen:
- Turn your iPad or iPhone into a mobile television
- Watch free-to-view television (DTT, Freeview) on your Mac or PC – wirelessly
- Watch, timeshift, and record TV shows on iPad and iPhone as well as on a computer
- Does not require an internet connection
- Get 3.5 hours of live TV on the go; battery is rechargeable
ElgatoTV updated to use AirPlay.
Will come in mighty handy in my set-up.
Netflix: Starz enforces new 90-days-until-release window on new content.
Congratulations on sending more people over to BitTorrent!
