Cambridge Audio has launched its latest streaming media alternative to Sonos, the Minx Xi, a combination streamer and amp that claims audiophile components. Intended to be plugged into a separate set of speakers, unlike the all-in-one Minx Air 100, the Minx Xi has both WiFi and Bluetooth for whole-home and direct streaming, and includes a […]
Apple has released iTunes 11.1 for Mac and PC, including iTunes Radio support, new Genius Shuffle functionality, and connectivity support for iOS 7. The new release – which arrives ahead of iOS 7 for existing iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch owners – brings iTunes Radio streaming to the desktop, with ad-supported playback of preset and […]
Streaming radio stalwart Pandora has refreshed its iPhone and iPad apps and re-jazzed its branding in the face of Apple competition in iOS 7′s new iTunes Radio feature, aiming to pre-emptively shore up against the potential loss of users. Pandora v5.0 includes an aesthetic refresh for iPhone users, bringing the music app more in line […]
After years of trying everything possible to kill streaming video services, it looks like at least one major cable provider is finally realizing the move to streaming content by consumers is inevitable. Virgin Media UK, which is oddly based in the New York, has announced that it is now offering Netflix directly to 40,000 of its subscribers who currently use a TiVo set-top box.
The test is currently only available for 40,000 of the estimated 1.7 million TiVo set-top box users that Virgin Media has in the UK. The cable provider has an estimated 3.77 million customers, 44% of which use the TiVo box.
This marks the first time a major cable provider has offered Netflix content integrated into its services. Subscribers to Virgin Media in the UK still have to pay a subscription fee for access to Netflix. Hopefully, this means more cable and satellite will begin offering integrated 3rd-party streaming services.
[via Bloomberg]
Virgin Media is a pay television provider in the UK and it and Netflix have announced an industry first. Netflix is now being offered to Virgin Media subscribers marking the first time that a Web-delivered product has been integrated by a major pay-TV provider. Virgin Media plans to begin testing Netflix with 40,000 its customers […]
Roku has just announced that its Roku Android app has just gotten a new talent: streaming videos from phones to TVs via the Play on Roku feature. The update comes just a month after Roku announced the addition of video streaming to its iOS app, promising an Android version for selected devices to come later. […]
Sony has unveiled a new miniature video game console in Japan called the PS Vita TV. The device is an entertainment system designed to allow users to easily access streaming video services, games, and other types of content on the big screen TV in their home. Sony says that the PS Vita TV use the […]
This afternoon Qualcomm announced their own wireless home audio streaming platform. It’s called AllPlay, and is designed to allow users the option to wirelessly stream music to any room or speaker throughout their home, separately. Not only that, but the platform uses AllJoyn, so you can stream music from multiple sources and apps as well. […]
Google has responded to claims that it purposefully broke local streaming on the Chromecast dongle, hinting that the unofficial functionality was an accidental casualty as it works toward an official developer SDK. Concerns that Google was locking down the Chromecast streamer came after coder Koushik Dutta found his AllCast streaming service for the dongle was […]
Streaming speaker company Pure has revealed the latest models in its assault on Sonos, with the Jongo T2 and Jongo T6 arriving ahead of the renamed Pure Connect Spotify rival due to hit the US in September. Slotting in as Pure’s cheapest all-in-one streaming speaker, the $149 Jongo T2 has 3-inch drivers and a 20W […]
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