If you have a Plex Pass you can now watch your OTA content live, anywhere you have Internet. You will, of course, need some local tuners, but it’s not just HDHR devices now. There are actually quite a few, and you can even use some of the USB ones with the NVIDIA SHIELD! Since we launched Plex DVR back in […]
Read moreNetwork coverage is a bit light, but given sports coverage, support for six users, and unlimited DVR storage it might just work for $35/mon. Even if it’s not quite up to your standard, I think we can all agree that the level of competition developing in this space is FANTASTIC. What I’d really like to see though, is a just […]
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I’m not sure you can really call a $30/month (baseline) TV package “cord cutting”. Since you’ve just switched your cable provider from a QAM to IP service. C-NET has a lot of detail, including that locals aren’t included in many markets (really?). Looks interesting, but I’m not convinced unless the “Cloud DVR” really offers full DVR features, and the pricing […]
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Dish Networks always puts on a good show at CES, and this year was no exception. There were dancing kangaroos, the CEO came in playing a drum, and there was plenty of loud music in the intro. Of course none of that would matter if it was all fluff, and Dish didn’t disappoint here either announcing the 4K Joey, a […]
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If you live in a DVB-T region and are in the market for a new NAS, then QNAP would like to have a word with you. QNAP recently introduced a new feature, TV Station, to their Tubo NAS line-up that allows their NAS devices to serve as a DVR and to stream live TV to connected clients. TV Station is […]
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Aereo, the Barry Diller-backed service offering cloud-based live TV streaming and DVR services in New York by deploying thousands of dime-sized antennas to pick up OTA broadcasts for delivery to subscribers, has announced that the service now supports streaming to HTML5-capable web browsers. Streaming to web browsers had always been a part of the company’s plan, but previously, Aereo subscribers […]
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Back in February, Boxee and the Consumer Electronics Association announced that they were working together to convince the FCC not to overturn rules that required cable television service providers to offer basic tier channels unencrypted. The FCC had indicated that they were open to revisiting the rules regarding unencrypted cable channels as part of a required review of rules requiring […]
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Cox Communications was a little slower bringing live TV streaming to the iPad than some of the other cable TV providers in the US, and the initial release of the app took a somewhat unusual approach to presenting TV listings that made it difficult to judge the relative start and stop times of programming on different channels. It would appear […]
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It’s been several months since we last heard Comcast chatting up their new settop box UI. At the time, the new UI was codenamed Xcalibur and Comcast was hinting at the ways they were looking to integrate the app experience from mobile platforms with a revamped high-definition live TV and DVR interface. Evidently, things are about to get real. Comcast […]
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Aereo, the fledgling service that looks to use tiny antennae to receive broadcast TV signals and then stream the video to subscribers over the Internet, hasn’t even made its way out of the invite-only beta phase, and already it is the target of lawsuits. Two groups of broadcasters have filed separate federal lawsuits claiming that the service violates the Copyright […]
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