Tag Archives: streaming video

Onkyo DS-A5 grafts AirPlay on to existing home stereos, docks older iOS gear

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Embracing AirPlay has usually involved a wholesale switch in hardware: years of speaker investment go out the window for the sake of skipping a wire. Onkyo doesn’t have a problem if you bring your own equipment to the fray. Its new DS-A5 docking stat…


Vevo’s website redesign simplifies the video watch page, adds artist pages

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Chances are you’ve enjoyed Vevo’s music video catalogue in one form or another, and purists who prefer .com access are being rewarded today with a fresh website design. The “video watch page” was previously littered with related clips, a playlist and…


Hulu Plus, HBO Go and Max Go apps for Android updated with support for closed captions

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Sound familiar? Just days after the mobile apps for HBO, Cinemax and Hulu added closed captions support on iOS, a similar slew of upgrades have come to their apps on Android. Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be any change in the number of suppo…


Hulu Plus, HBO Go and Max Go apps for Android updated with support for closed captions

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Sound familiar? Just days after the mobile apps for HBO, Cinemax and Hulu added closed captions support on iOS, a similar slew of upgrades have come to their apps on Android. Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be any change in the number of suppo…


BBC Media Player to give Android users their iPlayer fix in a mostly Flashless world

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Remember how the BBC was asking Adobe to keep Flash for Android on life support for a short while? The broadcaster just removed any doubts as to why with the launch of BBC Media Player, its solution for that day when the mobile plugin is well and tru…


LoveFilm / Aardman deal brings cheese-loving stop motion animation to Amazon-owned UK site

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Great news for UK movie lovers who just can’t get enough of eccentric inventors and clever sheep: Amazon-owned LoveFilm has struck a deal to bring Aardman content to its service. The agreement adds properties like Wallace & Gromit, Morph, Creatur…


EchoStar HDX-410 set-top box runs native ICS, supports terrestrial broadcasts (hands-on video)

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You may be familiar with EchoStar’s satellite-based (Dish Network) and Sling Media (Slingbox) products, but the company also manufactures set-top boxes for third-party providers, as well as free-to-air services in the UK. It’s this last grouping that…


NBC rebrands Olympics app as NBC Sports Live Extra, promises streams for a wider athletic universe

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NBC’s Olympics Live Extra may have lost its original raison d’être after the flame was extinguished in London, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to purge the app from your phone’s home screen. An update for Android and iOS users alike is giving t…


Pac-12 Conference streams come to iPad, fuel that Big Game rivalry on the road

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Cal and Stanford fans away from home no longer have to huddle around their laptops if they want to learn who’s one-upping who. The Pac-12 Conference has just launched an iPad app for its authenticated Pac-12 Now service: as long as you’re with a TV p…


Plex launches new Web Client and PlexPass subscription, updates Media Server

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Plex fans among us just got treated to a smorgasbord — albeit one that isn’t completely free. The media front-end developer hopes to boost its bottom line through PlexPass, a subscription service that amounts to a paid beta program. Shell out $4 per…