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Hulu Plus on the TiVo Premier

TiVo Premier customers can now enjoy quality Hulu Plus content on their television that is hooked up to a TiVo Premier set top box. If you already have a subscription to Hulu Plus and own a TiVo Premier device, then you can begin streaming content from Hulu Plus through your TiVo Premier. However, if you more »

Pandora finds funny bone – adds comedy

If you love Pandora for streaming music, there’s a new reason to love the service: comedy. The content provider is adding comedy from over 700 comics to its offering. Pandora says over 10,000 clips will be available starting today. Pandora is one of the darlings of the tech world. You can find Pandora on TVs, more »

Security breach leaves TiVo and other companies open to spam

On April 1 Epsilon, a marketing company that handles email communications for big clients, announced its email system had been exposed. Unfortunately it wasn’t an April Fools’ joke. Someone believed to be outside of the company managed to obtain customer information in the form of email addresses and names. Epsilon says that no credit card information or anything equally devastating was taken as a result of the breach.

TiVo app turns your iPad into a command central for TiVo Premiere Box

Here’s a nice app that will make you love your iPad even more – TiVo iPad app. Basically, this iPad app offers a fun new companion for your TiVo box. The app allows you to search, browse, discover and share what you’re watching. It lets you quickly surface new content, schedule and manage recordings, view more »

SlingMobile app arrives on the iPad

Here’s a bit of good news for all of you Slingbox owners. SlingPlayer Mobile app just hit the iPad App Store and you can now enjoy watching your favorite TV shows on your iPad’s crisp and clear 9.7-inch screen. Using the iPad’s intuitive native interface, SlingPlayer Mobile lets you change channels, control your DVRs, and more »

Opinion: Why Netflix will lose $2 per month from me

Yesterday, Netflix announced a brand new streaming only plan as well as a $1 price increase on the lowest plan to get streaming plus DVDs by mail. The price changes will take effect on billing statements dated after Jan. 2, 2011. Within the hour Netflix made this announcement, I had lowered my plan. Streaming has more »

Redbox looks to compete with Netflix, announces streaming service will arrive next year

What was once a rumor has now been confirmed, Redbox has announced plans to launch a streaming service in 2011. The news comes by way of Coinstar CEO Paul Davis who confirmed the news during their recent earnings call. “During the company’s quarterly earnings call Thursday, Coinstar CEO Paul Davis said that Redbox is in more »

Pandora comes to TiVo Series 3 and TiVo HD

It’s a happy day for TiVo Series 3 and TiVo HD users! The update to include Pandora stream music has been granted down the food chain. Activation is simple and fast. Users can navigate to the Music, Photos and Showcases, then to Pandora. TiVo will generate an activation code that needs to be verified at more »

Hulu Plus coming to Roku and TiVo Premier [Official]

Yesterdays rumor has been made official — Hulu Plus will be coming to Roku set-top boxes sometime “later this fall.” And in addition to that little bit of good news we also learned that Hulu Plus will be coming available for TiVo Premier customers sometime “in the coming months.” With that, both the deal with more »

TiVo begins offering free-on-contract DVR sales, for a very limited time only

It looks like TiVo is trying something new, they are currently offering a free DVR with a two year service agreement. This latest promotion, which is said to be coming only as a “limited test” and is expected to be available for only about a week. In other words, if you are going to take more »