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The quest for the perfect living room set-top box continues: This week, Roku released its new Roku 3, an evolutionary update to its previous (and excellent) devices. Is this the set-top box you’ve been looking for?
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Rich Greenfield, the BTIG analyst who’s something of a digital media oracle, isn’t exaggerating when he says, “The future of television has begun” (registration required). Click play on the video above for a brief tour of what has him so excited.
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The battle for market share in small screens, the smartphones and tablets, gets immense attention and coverage, and it’s dominated by Apple, Google, and, to a much lesser extent, Microsoft and BlackBerry.
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Deadliest Catch producer Original Productions has launched Raising the Bar (pictured), its first unscripted web series produced through its digital shingle OP Entertainment Network.
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The new Roku 3 sports a revamped UI, a new and more powerful processor, a streamlined interface, and of course HD streaming into a new, even smaller set-top box that’s worth checking out if you want HD video without a lot of hassle.
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Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology.
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The Roku streaming box player gets a big update Wednesday with the release of the Roku 3. The $99 box, which replaces the Roku 2, has a faster processor, stronger Wi-Fi and, most important, a new search interface.
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Redbox Instant by Verizon told beta testers Friday by email that it has begun charging credit cards $7.99 plus tax for monthly subscriptions following a one-month free trial. The email read: “You are a movie-watching machine!” although we had only streamed one movie.
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With over 700 content partners in its channel store, Roku has built out the most extensive set of content choices of any of the over-the-top devices.
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Remember the bygone days when you were forced to watch television in real-time as it aired? If you came into your favorite program late or missed it entirely, you were out of luck until one of the big three networks, PBS or a UHF channel decided to play it again. Which might be never.
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