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App Update: Roku Now Streams Media From Your iOS Or Android Device

Matt Algren — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:29:57 +0000

Roku users got a big surprise late last week when the company provided an unexpected update to its official iOS and Android applications. Previously, the free apps were mainly a secondary remote control for the streaming media player. With this update, announced on the official Roku blog, Roku has added the ability to stream music […]

Apple TV Branches Out With Hulu Plus Upgrade

Tom Wyrick — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:18:24 +0000

Good news for Apple TV owners who feel like they’re not getting as much use out of their boxes as they’d like. Today, Apple TV rolls out Hulu Plus in a software update. Until now, the $99 set-top box from Apple allowed purchasing selected movies and television shows via iTunes or using the popular Netflix service, […]

Fox To Cancel Hulu Plus Viewers

Matt Algren — Tue, 01 May 2012 19:00:56 +0000

For the past six months, I’ve been getting addicted to my Roku-enhanced television. It’s been years now since I cancelled my cable service and I rarely miss it, especially with the abundance of old TV shows streaming to my Roku from Netflix. Still, we live in a “grass is always greener” culture, and I’ve begun […]

Netflix Still Stealing Cable Customers

Matt Algren — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:00:54 +0000

It’s been a pretty bad 12 months for Netflix. Ever since the video juggernaut’s hefty price increase last year, they’ve been trying to make a comeback. First, the movie rental company split its streaming and DVD services entirely, and then they stitched them back together and promised no more price increases for the foreseeable future. […]

Roku Rocks Video Streaming Boat By Shipping Streaming Stick With TVs

Matt Algren — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:05:15 +0000

Years ago, friends and I were talking about how the price of DVD players coming down and how long it would be until we could afford to buy one. One bright fellow in the group said he’d buy one eventually, but that wasn’t where technology was stopping. No, he said, it wouldn’t be too many […]

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Talks Qwikster, Price Hike

Matt Algren — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:52:08 +0000

The New York Times ran a fairly comprehensive story recently about Netflix’s recent troubles. Writers Nick Wingfield and Brian Stelter went over the quick introduction and sudden abandonment of Qwikster, as well as July’s 60 percent price hike. I think they pinpointed exactly why people reacted so differently than CEO Reed Hastings and the Netflix […]

Techcitement Review: Western Digital TV Live Hub

Yoni Gross — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:15:13 +0000

For those of us content to get our entertainment media from our PCs, the last few years have brought a wealth of options. Photos, music, movies, TV, whether downloaded or streamed, it’s virtually impossible to say there’s nothing on anymore. Unfortunately, the PC entertainment experience often leaves something to be desired when it compared to […]

Netflix to Customers: “Oops, Our Bad. Forget About Qwikster”

Matt Algren — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:32:19 +0000

All’s been quiet on the Netflix front for a week or so, so it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone when the company made an unexpected announcement early yesterday morning (emphasis mine): It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make things more difficult, so we are going to […]

Starz Drops Netflix — Time To Abandon Ship?

Matt Algren — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:48:39 +0000

Looks like Netflix is in for some hard times, folks. Having followed through with their 60 percent hike in prices, Starz Entertainment, one of their earliest and largest content providers, took advantage of the moment, choosing the first day of the price increase to make a big announcement. From Market Watch: Shares of Netflix Inc. […]

Apple Rumored To Bid On Hulu, Film At 11 (But Only On Hulu Plus)

Tom Wyrick — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:33:56 +0000

According to Bloomberg, two contacts with knowledge of the upcoming auction claim Apple is preparing to make a bid for Hulu’s online video service. Other interested parties are reported to include AT&T, Yahoo, and Google, with Microsoft having already dropped out of the bidding. Considering Apple’s struggle to turn the AppleTV into a mainstream product, […]