Category Archives: CES

Sling Media Licenses SRS WOW HD For SlingPlayer

Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2009 by MegaZone

Well, it seems that Sling Media has licensed SRS WOW HD audio technology from SRS Labs to incorporate into SlingPlayer for Windows. It looks like this will be used as part of the work to enable surround sound streaming from … Continue reading →

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TiVo Unveils An All-New Search Interface – Which Is Familiar

Posted on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 by MegaZone

Well, would you look at that, TiVo just unveiled an all new search interface – but astute readers will recognize it immediately as a variation of the interface design which leaked back in September. TiVo was kind enough to give … Continue reading →

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Broadcom Brings Adobe Flash To TVs And STBs

Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 by MegaZone

Broadcom has partnered with Adobe to embed Adobe Flash Lite 3 into several of their latest System-on-a-chip (SoC) platforms for TVs and STBs. This will allow vendors who use Broadcom’s chips to easily add Flash support to their products. Along … Continue reading →

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Roku Adds Amazon VOD To Netflix Box

Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 by MegaZone

The $100 Roku video player, often referred to as the Roku Netflix Player, or just the Netflix STB, will have to change its reputation. No longer just a client for Netflix streaming, Roku is adding Amazon Video On Demand to … Continue reading →

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Samsung Web-Enables HDTVs With Yahoo!

Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 by MegaZone

LG isn’t the only one souping up their HDTV models, Samsung is getting in on the act too. While LG is partnering with Netflix for streaming video, Samsung is partnering with Yahoo! for a wider variety of web content. Samsung … Continue reading →

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