Brent Evans Boxee has announced an additional $6M in funding for its HTPC software program and their planned focus for the future. This is on top of quite a bit of previous private equity investment in Boxee. The press release talks of not only the new funding but also how they hope that the new investor “General … Read more
College football fans out there know summer is nearing its end and the season is almost here. I ran across a few college football guides you might want to check out including the HDTV guide and the overall schedule. Check out the entire HD lineup at HDSportsGuide.com and for the full NCAA college football schedule, … Read more
Microsoft recently announced their Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 beta, which includes better Windows 7 support, improved netbook support and some nice new features for Microsoft Media Center users. While it still doesn’t allow you to use WHS as your one, MediaCenter “server” it’s a step in the right direction. Microsoft needs to enable … Read more
Blockbuster may be way down, but they certainly aren’t out yet. Blockbuster and Samsung just announced a partnership to provide Blockbuster OnDemand service on nearly all new Samsung video devices including new Samsung HDTVs, Blu-ray players and some home theater systems starting this Fall. No details of which specific devices at this point, but it’s … Read more
My very favorite non-HTPC media player reached the 1.0.0 milestone this week and includes some great new features. If you’re looking for a video app that can handle about any file you throw at it and is free, look no further than VLC. Major updates include: AirTunes Streaming Video Scaling in fullscreen Frame-by-Frame support More … Read more
Popular Internet radio provider, Pandora are impacted by a new deal in which webcasters are covered by an “alternative set of rates and terms” from SoundExchange, the group managing performers’ royalties in the U.S. This should put Pandora, and other online streaming music services, in a much better position for survival going forward. Users of … Read more
Boxee held it’s “Boxee Event” in San Francisco last night. They declared the winner of their App Dev Challenge and made several announcements. Most notable (says Dave), Boxee has integrated MLB.TV Premium. MLB.TV is MLB.com’s online subscription service with high quality video streams of live games with premium features like DVR functionality and HD video … Read more
You may have heard recently that Blu-ray has plans to get managed copy – the ability to make a copy of your Blu-ray Disc within limits as defined by the studios. That’s a great step in the right direction, but there are many negatives to the way it will be implemented. Ben Drawbaugh at EngadgetHD … Read more