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Why Airplay is a Big Deal

Today, iOS 4.2 arrives on iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches. One of its most exciting features is AirPlay, streaming music to speakers and videos and photos to Apple TVs. Here’s what it is and why it’s a big deal. [Giz] https://gizmodo.com/supercharge-your-ipad-and-iphone-right-now-with-ios-4-2-5696097

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

More Things You Can’t Stream on Google TV: Comedy Central, VH1, and MTV

Viacom, following every major network, has added its online content to the Google TV blacklist, blocking users from viewing Comedy Central, MTV, VH1 and Nickelodeon shows online (although it appears short clips are still allowed). [GTV Hub via SlashGear] https://gizmodo.com/no-streaming-for-you-every-major-network-site-blocks-g-5686886

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Olive O6HD Is a 2TB Audiophile Command Center For Your Music

When you’re super rich, you don’t have to rip your own CDs—you can have a $5000, 2TB audiophile command center like the Olive O6HD do it for you. They’ll sound better that way, too. The O6HD, designed to be the central hub for serious home audio systems, can hold music from 6,000 CDs, uncompressed, with…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Orb TV Streams Video, Including Hulu, to Your TV For $99

Orb’s first puck streamed music wirelessly a bit more cheaply than competitors. The new Orb TV is $99, like the Apple TV, but because it pulls media from your computer it can play any video, including Hulu, on your TV. https://gizmodo.com/orbs-puck-streams-your-music-wirelessly-for-70-and-it-5647011 There are advantages and disadvantages to Orb’s rebroadcasting model. As it’s pulling video from…

Television Kyle VanHemert

OnLive MicroConsole Streams Cloud-Rendered Games to Your TV

OnLive, the streaming game service, has matured really fast in just five months. I liked the original public release, when it was on just computers, but now it’s come to a console that plugs into your TV. I like it. https://gizmodo.com/onlive-streaming-game-service-tested-at-home-finally-5567770 To quickly recap, OnLive has a bunch of servers that do all the game…

Tech News Jason Chen

Brace Yourself: The Human Centipede Is on Netflix Watch Instantly

Incredible news. The insta-classic The Human Centipede: First Sequence is on Netflix Watch Instantly, so you can stream it right now. I know what half of Gizmodo staffers are doing tonight. [Netflix]

Movies Matt Buchanan

Get Hulu Plus for Only $7.99 Now

Boy, that was quick—Hulu Plus has dropped in price to just $7.99 a month. It’s not quite the $5 price cut we were hearing before, but every dollar helps—particularly as Roku now supports it. [Hulu Plus] https://gizmodo.com/hulu-plus-for-5-a-month-sounds-a-lot-more-reasonable-5670155

Tech News Kat Hannaford

VUDU HD Movie Rental Service Coming to PlayStation 3 Soon

Sometime later this month, VUDU’s on-demand movie streaming service will come to the PlayStation 3. This’ll mean instant access more than 4,000 HD movies at the cost of $2 per two-night rental. Not too shabby. PlayStation®Network Continues to Expand its Industry Leading Entertainment Offerings with VUDU™ HD Streaming Movie Service VUDU Brings High Definition Movies…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

A Sneak Preview of SlingPlayer Mobile for iPad

We’ve got SlingPlayer apps available for our iPhone and Android devices, but soon we’ll be able to use SlingPlayer to stream media to our iPads as well. Here’s a preview of what that experience will be like. https://gizmodo.com/slingplayer-mobile-1-1-for-iphone-approved-and-heading-5342138

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Where Should You Buy Beatles Music?

With all the hoopla around The Beatles’ arrival on iTunes, you’d think it was the first time their music was available anywhere. Not so! And while iTunes prices the Fab Four’s box set competitively, how does it do with albums? https://gizmodo.com/the-beatles-are-now-on-itunes-5691238 Even though Apple’s got digital distribution rights locked in at least partway through 2011,…

Tech News Brian Barrett and Adam Harris

Insider Reports Say Don’t Count on iTunes Streaming Tomorrow

As much as we really want it, All Things Digital’s Peter Kafka says a cloud-based, streaming music option from Apple ain’t in the cards. At least, not tomorrow. Why? Music label execs are in the dark about the announcement too. https://gizmodo.com/all-we-want-from-a-new-itunes-5690369 Kafka explains it thusly: So unless Apple wants to make them go ballistic –…

Tech News Sam Biddle

What’s Apple Planning For iTunes Tomorrow?

If you head to Apple’s US homepage, you’ll be greeted with this very special splash page: the company’s got an iTunes-related announcement tomorrow morning at 10EST time. But what could it be? Updated: There’s no word yet of specifics, but first on my wish list is putting my music in the cloud. Or maybe wireless…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Why Netflix Isn’t On Android Yet (and Only Some Android Phones Will Get It)

Netflix says: “The hurdle has been the lack of a generic and complete platform security and content protection mechanism available for Android.” They can’t get Netflix on Android because they can’t get a secure DRM system across Android devices. According to Greg Peters, from Netflix product development, the difficulty in securing a common DRM system…

Tech News Casey Chan

No Streaming for You: Every Major Network Site Blocks Google TV

Fox has decided to join the big broadcaster blockade of Google TV, blocking it from accessing its website to stream video content. https://gizmodo.com/the-big-networks-big-google-tv-fear-5670259 Now, if you go to any major broadcaster’s website—ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox—to stream episodes of Lost or 30 Rock or whatever, instead you’ll get a big fat error message, keeping your Google…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Get Ready to Wait a Lot Longer for New Movies on Netflix

Since January, we’ve had to wait at least a month to get new movies from Warner Bros on Netflix. (And more recently, Fox and Universal.) Well, Warner says it’s going so well, they’re thinking about making the wait longer. https://gizmodo.com/netflix-delays-fox-and-universal-releases-too-5513343 Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes said the other day, “So far the 28-day window has…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Tizi Puts Live TV on iPads With Just a Little Black Box

You can get live TV on your iPad with EyeTV just fine, but that requires streaming from a computer. Not so with Tizi, which packs it all into a tiny box that works from anywhere—in select European countries. https://gizmodo.com/eyetv-ipad-app-streams-live-tv-over-wi-fi-and-3g-5568836 Tizi pulls in DVB-T/DT signals, uses its ARM 9 processor to decode them, then streams to…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Boxee Getting Vudu Streaming HD Movie Rentals

The D-Link Boxee Box (in addition to Boxee clients for PC and Mac) will offer HD movie rentals when it lands in living rooms in coming weeks, courtesy of a new partnership with Vudu. Vudu’s full HD rentals—1080p, Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround Sound—cost 2 bucks a pop for two nights of viewing. Not a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Google TV Review: It’s Kinda the Future

It seems like everyone wants to get into your living room this year. Most companies are invading with media streamers, but Google wants to sneak an actual computer in there. It’s an Android for your TV. https://gizmodo.com/do-i-need-an-apple-tv-5661178 The major companies’ media streamers are basically trying to imitate what they think you would do if you…

Reviews Jason Chen

Netflix Completely Dominates the Internet in Canada

You thought that 20% American figure was impressive? The same Sandvine traffic report says Netflix media streaming accounts for 95% of all bandwidth in Canada during peak evening hours. What is the other five percent? People signing up for Netflix? https://gizmodo.com/netflix-streaming-video-is-20-percent-of-peak-us-intern-5670190 Two caveats should be kept in mind when looking at this astounding statistic—peak hours…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Netflix Streaming Video Is 20 Percent of Peak US Internet Traffic

A recent study says that 20 percent of all downstream internet traffic during peak times in the US is Netflix streaming. No wonder Netflix is considering disc-less, streaming-only subscriptions. The stat, though surprisingly high (we assume the other 80 percent is porn, torrents and Kyle FaceTiming himself), shows why Netflix is aggressively pushing into streaming,…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Why Airplay is a Big Deal

More Things You Can’t Stream on Google TV: Comedy Central, VH1, and MTV

The Olive O6HD Is a 2TB Audiophile Command Center For Your Music

Orb TV Streams Video, Including Hulu, to Your TV For $99

OnLive MicroConsole Streams Cloud-Rendered Games to Your TV

Brace Yourself: The Human Centipede Is on Netflix Watch Instantly

Get Hulu Plus for Only $7.99 Now

VUDU HD Movie Rental Service Coming to PlayStation 3 Soon

A Sneak Preview of SlingPlayer Mobile for iPad

Where Should You Buy Beatles Music?

Insider Reports Say Don’t Count on iTunes Streaming Tomorrow

What’s Apple Planning For iTunes Tomorrow?

Why Netflix Isn’t On Android Yet (and Only Some Android Phones Will Get It)

No Streaming for You: Every Major Network Site Blocks Google TV

Get Ready to Wait a Lot Longer for New Movies on Netflix

Tizi Puts Live TV on iPads With Just a Little Black Box

Boxee Getting Vudu Streaming HD Movie Rentals

Google TV Review: It’s Kinda the Future

Netflix Completely Dominates the Internet in Canada

Netflix Streaming Video Is 20 Percent of Peak US Internet Traffic

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