VUDU to come bundled on broadband HDTVs and Blu-ray players from a variety of manufacturers
VUDU has taken a great leap forward, moving from its small lineup of streaming media set-top boxes and its presence on a few home entertainment …
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Sling Media debuts four new OEM placeshifting media devices at CES 2010
Sling is coming to Vegas with four new placeshifting media devices that will allow you to sling your HD content around your house, control your …
Discovery, Sony and IMAX announce plans for round the clock 3D television network
Discovery Communications, Sony Corporation and IMAX Corporation, a trio of entertainment powerhouses, are teaming up to deliver the first dedicated 3D television network in the …
DirecTV to launch 3D-HD channel in 2010
You know what was so 2009? Television in HD. You know what is so 2010? Television in HD and 3D. HD Guru is reporting that …
Apple TV to get subscription model, compete with cable?
Rumors are starting to fly around about the next iteration of Apple’s somewhat neglected set-top box venture that is the Apple TV. The Wall Street …
Flip Video launches FlipShare TV for your Flip video streaming pleasure
Pure Digital Technologies, maker of the popular Flip Video portable video camera, announced the new FlipShare TV, a Flip video sharing and streaming device for …
Google to partner with TiVo and DISH Network, DVR info to be analyzed
Grab your tinfoil hat and rip the coaxial out of your TiVo privacy-freaks. Search giant Google has setup strategic partnerships with TiVo and DISH Network …
Roku Channel Store launches with 10 new channels available
One of our favorite set-top boxes, Roku, has just announced that it is launching the Roku Channel Store. The good news for you couch potatoes …
Netflix and Sony partner up to allow streaming movies on PS3
All you movie addicts who own the PlayStation 3 no longer have to envy Xbox 360 users. Sony and Netflix are teaming up to bring …
Apple working on a touchscreen remote for upcoming Apple TV?
Our Apple tipster (who accurately predicted organizable iPhone homescreens in iTunes as well as integrated social networking components) is back at it again! This time …
VUDU on-demand HD content coming soon to an LG BD390 Blu-ray player near you
File this little guy under gadgets we need ASAP. VUDU has been tearing it up lately as the company wisely broadens its horizons beyond dedicated …
Playstation 3 Slim on sale at Best Buy
We know, we know — if you really wanted one and stay up on your blawgz you’d have purchased one by now, but for everyone …
Blockbuster sheds 34% of Total Access subscribers last quarter
We haven’t really covered Blockbuster’s DVD-by-mail service since this past March when a string of policy changes finally culminated in our exclusive scoop covering the …
SlingMedia SlingPlayer for iPhone 1.1 in the works
Sling let us know that they’ve gone and submitted version 1.1 of their popular SlingPlayer for iPhone application to Apple. New in this version include …
Toshiba dances on HD DVD's grave, gets in bed with Blu-ray
Following a long a grueling battle that forced the company to bury its now-defunct “next generation” home entertainment media tech, Toshiba was left bleeding worse …
DTV came, saw and conquered; was it good for you?
Changeover day came and went this past Friday and while the vast majority of the country likely didn’t even notice, a handful of people were …
DTV cometh
Today is the day our grandparents have been dreading for quite some time now — that is, if they even knew DTV was on its …
Comcast Town finalist voting ends June 15th
We’ve been getting a bunch of comments and emails looking for an update on the Comcast Town design giveaway and since there’s $30,000 worth of …
Blockbuster to pilot Total Access video game rentals
We’ve long since given up on Blockbuster and the debacle that is Total Access. As the company continues to struggle with the evolving home entertainment …
Sony posts record $1 billion loss for fiscal year 2008
As expected, Sony announced a record ¥98.9 billion ($1 billion) loss for the fiscal year ending in March 2009. This is Sony’s first reported yearly …
Only two days left to enter the Comcast Town Design Showdown
You judge us every day in the comments section and now it’s our turn to return the favor! Last month we told you about a …
Comcast launches ComcastTown, giveaways and an apartment makeover
Here’s the deal… Comcast just launched this big marketing initiative called ComcastTown (you’ve probably seen the ads on BGR by now) and we’ve agreed to …
Disney to bring new content to Hulu?
Hulu may be getting a healthy dose of new programming content courtesy of Disney. According to sources close to the situation, Hulu and Disney are …
VUDU soon to add PC-streaming feature
Official word that VUDU jazzed up its service offering with the addition of Pandora came through this morning but now some less-than-official news is creeping …
VUDU adds Pandora as content expansion continues
Since the announcement of VUDU’s Rich Internet Application (RIA) platform, we’ve been waiting for some new big news to come down from the Santa Clara-based …
Roku officially adds support for Amazon Video On Demand
Roku announced this morning that it would be adding Amazon Video On Demand to its portfolio of available online video content, bringing the grand total …
Roku’s VOD service to include integrated YouTube?
While there’s nothing more than a rogue screen-shot to go by at the moment, we wouldn’t rule this one out as a possible feature of …
Blockbuster aligns with CinemaNow in an effort to stay relevant
As much fun as it is to bash the top of your DVD player each of the 135 times your Total Access movie skips during …
Sling Media announces iPhone SlingPlayer application, HD Mac streaming
Well, Sling has gone and done it again. This time they’ve got some iPhone app nonsense for your TiVo-addicted souls. You might remember the initial …
Roku announces Amazon support for Netflix Box
Roku has just announced support for Amazon Unbox Video on Demand movie streaming with its diminutive Netlix set-top box. Up until today, the little box …
