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Hulu is working on two new original shows

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Hulu isn’t content with just holding content that the networks and cable channels produce, it’s been creating a few shows of it’s own. Before the summer of this year Hulu will have two more original shows to add to its content library. The first show is called Battleground. it will be a 30-minute show filled more »

Boxee Live TV dongle now available for pre-order, still expected to arrive in January

We first heard the news a few weeks back, and well, it looks like the Boxee Live TV dongle is officially available for pre-order. The tuner is a USB device and comes packaged in with an antenna. The Boxee Live TV dongle is priced at $49 and is expected to begin shipping in January 2012. more »

Live TV is coming to Boxee Box via a $49 USB dongle

Boxee will soon be able to alleviate one of the big problems with the Boxee Box: the lack of live TV. Boxee has started pre-orders for a USB dongle for the Boxee Box which will bring free, unencrypted networks to your Boxee Box. The Boxee Live TV stick connects to one of the USB ports 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 »

30 seconds with HBO for iPad

Word has been coming for some time that HBO would bring its juicy content to iPads, laptops and phones. We now know it will be available May 2nd to HBO subscribers for free. The app will stream unlimited HBO content include originals and movies and “more.” In the 30 second teaser, the grid layout looks more »

Samsung Apps boasts 100 million downloads

After only 10 months Samsung Apps store already has a total of 100 million downloads. Those downloads are apps spread across Bada-equipped smartphones and HDTVs. Samsung was helped quite a bit by a few European countries that downloaded a lot of apps. The country that downloaded the most apps from Samsung Apps was France, with more »

Netflix has to charge more in order to get HBO content

Netflix seems to be doing everything in it’s power to get as much content as possible available for streaming. While some TV networks have signed on to stream their TV shows, it seems Netflix doesn’t have a chance at getting HBO content. The reason, of course, has to do with money. According to The Hollywood more »

CES 2011: Samsung claims title of biggest LED 3DTV

In the past CES has been home to a great many large TVs. Last year the race to be the biggest was offset by the race to get the best 3D. Now Samsung is hoping that having the biggest 3DTV will mean something. Well, maybe not the biggest 3d TV but the biggest 3DTV backed more »

CES 2011: LG launches new SmartTV platform

It seems just having a few apps for streaming video and music on TV’s wasn’t enough for LG. Today LG announced it’s new SmartTV platform with even more connectivity. LG’s SmartTV platform will offer the same premium content, but will also have a few apps and web browsing for TVs. To make the the user more »

Netflix is looking to expand internationally in 2011

Back in September Netflix launched in it’s second country, Canada. We don’t know just how successful the streaming-only plan is in the Great White North, but Netflix seems confident enough to continue international expansion. While talking to the CBC, Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey said that the company is “talking about other regions in the world” more »