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Google-branded home entertainment center planned for 2012 launch, says WSJ

By Bryan Bishop on February 9, 2012 04:51 pm + 99 comments

We'd recently heard that Google employees have been testing some sort of wireless entertainment Continue reading…
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Onkyo announces GX-W100HV active speakers with Wi-Fi and DLNA support

By Jamie Keene on February 9, 2012 09:03 am + 5 comments

Onkyo has announced the GX-W100HV, a pair of traditional bookshelf speakers with a twist: DLNA Continue reading…
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iTunes Match pays TuneCore artists $10,000 in royalties during first two months

By Ryan Heise on February 9, 2012 07:20 am + 26 comments

After launching in the the U.S. in late November, we've got word on the first royalties iTunes Continue reading…
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Amazon adds shows from MTV, Nickelodeon, and seven other channels to Prime Instant Video

By Adi Robertson on February 8, 2012 11:51 am + 15 comments

If being able to stream episodes of Jersey Shore is what it takes to get customers to pay for Prime, Continue reading…
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2.1 million people streamed Super Bowl XLVI, according to NBC

By Nathan Ingraham on February 7, 2012 07:02 pm + 22 comments

Super Bowl XLVI was the first that the NFL streamed live, and now we're finding out just how many Continue reading…
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Dixons getting into streaming video with Knowhow Movies

By Andrew Webster on February 7, 2012 01:12 pm + 2 comments

Following in the footsteps of LoveFilm and Netflix, British electronics retail giant Dixons has Continue reading…
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Netflix's first original series 'Lilyhammer' is now available for streaming users

By Nathan Ingraham on February 6, 2012 11:43 am + 21 comments

Netflix has officially begun distributing its own original content: its new series Lilyhammer is now Continue reading…
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Grammy Live apps for iOS let you catch the parties from every angle

By Jeff Blagdon on February 6, 2012 06:40 am + 1 comments

The Grammys are always a huge event, and Grammy Live is a suitably large second screen experience Continue reading…
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DASH streaming format for LTE aims to make video less jumpy

By Jeff Blagdon on February 6, 2012 05:31 am + 8 comments

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications at the Heinrich Hertz Institute in Continue reading…
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Plex for Google TV updated with transcoding support thanks to Android 3.2 HLS inclusion

By Bryan Bishop on February 4, 2012 01:46 am + 5 comments

Google started rolling out the Android 3.2 update to Sony Google TV devices earlier this month. Continue reading…