TVTonic for Media Center Shutting Down

TVTonic, one of the more popular Windows Media Center applications, is shuttering their service for the time being:

In these tough financial times we are faced with the need to take down the TVTonic service while we restructure for the future. Although the service is being retired, you’re free to continue to use TVTonic to download and watch your favorite RSS video channels. Please check back for news at a later date. Thanks for all your support.

TVTonic basically provided a way for the HTPC user to get online content to their TV via a 10-foot remote control interface. They offered a good deal of HD content and included many podcasts and RSS feeds all organized in a nice UI. And the company got a good deal of press during the Olympics this past year as NBC provided downloadable content of the games. This move isn’t a good sign for the folks at TVTonic, or Waveexpress the company that runs the service, and there’ll be many dissapointed Media Center users out there.

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