New Orb Live Streams Web Video to iPhone & Android

Orb Networks has launched a new streaming app for the iPhone and Android devices designed to shift content from web TV sources like Hulu and ESPN3 to your smartphone. Sound familiar? Orb isn’t the only company running down this path. Fanhattan launched a TV content aggregation app last month, and TV Everywhere services, like the … Read more

Netgear Announces the Digital Entertainer Express

In addition to the requisite networking product announcements, Netgear has introduced a refreshed Digital Entertainer at the press conference I’m currently attending. They’ve dropped some hardware from the EVA9150 to hit a lower price point with the Digital Entertainer Express (EVA9100) – which will be available shortly for $229. Unlike the 802.11n found in the … Read more

Video Streaming Box Announcements of the Week

Netgear Entertainer Live ($150) The new Netgear Entertainer Live (EVA2000) was originally announced as a VuNow platform device at Netgear’s CES press conference back in January. At that time, I saw the unnamed Netgear product demo-ed using VuNow’s non-distinctive hardware, but has since been repackaged with some left over Netgear router enclosures. In addition to … Read more

A Non-Geek Look at Moxi’s HD DVR

I’m still getting familiar with my loaner retail Moxi HD DVR ($800, no fees). The Moxi UI is high def lusciousness and it offers some compelling features beyond requisite DVR functionality – such as the ticker, media streaming, and web browsing (!). And not an ad in sight. However… The interface does take a bit … Read more

Moxi HD DVR, In The Flesh

Hot on the heels of Digeo’s net-centric content additions announcement, I’ve finally gotten my hands on a Moxi HD DVR ($800, no fees). I know you’ve got a lot of questions. As do I. Drop your queries in the comments and, over the next few weeks, we’ll dig into TiVo’s first legit retail competitor in … Read more

Digital Media Bytes

A periodic roundup of relevant news… from our other blogs: Media Center Plugin streams Netflix and Hulu A new streaming video plugin for Vista Media Center PCs and extenders, called VMCPlayIt, provides a front-end interface to the PlayOn digital media server software. DTV D-Day #2 According to the FCC, nearly half of the country’s TV … Read more

Sling VP to Hulu: “Bad move”

Like Brent, I read that the Adobe Air Hulu-scraping software MyMediaPlayer can no longer access Hulu video streams. Most coverage has portrayed the situation as Hulu, LLC targeting this specific program. But Hulu periodically tweaks the way they serve content, requiring unsupported third parties to make changes. I’ve seen it a few times with PlayOn, … Read more

Hulu Drops The Hammer

I sort of figured this day would come… Based on my perception of the licensing/royalty complexities and content providers fear that a current web video catalog piped to the television competes with live broadcasts. Hulu has shown their true colors – spawned of big media and beholden to big media. And Boxee has become a … Read more