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Fox Broadcast app now available to Xbox Live customers with Dish and FiOS subscriptions

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Xbox Live frontman Larry Hryb (aka Major Nelson) took to his blog on Tuesday to announce that Dish and Verizon FiOS customers can now download the Fox Broadcast app for Xbox 360 to stream next-day Fox programming. In order to use this free app, you’l…


BT to offer free YouView box with one-year broadband contract, £49 for existing customers

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If you’re not quite comfortable shelling out £299 for BT’s YouView box, then you’re in luck. Starting October 26th, the hardware will be free for new Infinity broadband subscribers who ink contracts that are one year or longer. Instead of relyi…


SiriusXM for Android update brings On Demand and offline listening

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If you’re an Android-toting SiriusXM fan, you’ve probably spent the last month wondering when your smartphone would get the newfound flexibility to tune in beyond live radio. As of Sirius XM’s version 2.2 update, Android is back on equal footing. The…


Sky+ update allows undeleting recorded shows, more on-demand and future Catch Up TV

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Sky+ has been on a bit of a tear refreshing its set-top boxes, and it’s not about to stop now. When ready, a new update for the satellite TV provider’s devices will let you undelete recorded programs; deleted shows are now moved to a separate space a…


BBC not bringing iPlayer or live streaming to Windows Phone 8, blames Microsoft

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Microsoft is getting brickbats from developers unenthused by its forthcoming operating system(s), and the BBC is the latest to join the chorus. When asked about bringing iPlayer to Windows Phone, the corporation’s on-demand honcho, Daniel Danker, res…


Youview TV platform and set-top box coming to UK stores this month (update: priced at £299)

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The BBC’s iPlayer has become too successful. It either needs to calm down or be put on a more level playing field with on demand services from the other big UK broadcasters — and it’s going to be the latter. Youview — which has nothing whatsoever i…


Comcast/Xfinity TV Player App Arrives On Android, Good For Any Device Running Android 2.3 Or Above

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Let’s take a trip back in time to January 2011 and a promise from Comcast/Xfinity that Android tablet owners would be able to stream on-demand content to their tablets sometime in 2011. Fast forward to 2012 and while Comcast may have be…


‘Hundreds’ of Cablevision iO TV on-demand rentals now last 48 hours, procrastinators rejoice

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Last we heard from Cablevision, it was bringing its Optimum Online live TV streaming to Windows and Macs. Shifting directions to its more “traditional” cable offerings, the company now has good news for folks who’ve been generally bummed out about the…


BBC Sport app brings Olympics and more to Sony Bravia TVs, PlayStation 3 and Blu-ray players

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While Sony was busy launching its HX8 TVs over in the UK, it let slip another nugget of televisual goodness. That extra BBC Sport coverage that’s planned for summer, and available as a TiVo app, will also be coming to UK owners of Bravia TVs (2011 an…


Samsung Canada launches Cineplex Store app, offers paid movies on ‘select’ Smart devices

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Folks in Canada using Samsung’s Smart lineup of home theater equipment have a new app to be excited about, thanks in part to Cineplex Entertainment. The two companies have teamed up for a video-on-demand app, dubbed Cineplex Store, which will allow o…