Roku users will, from today, be able to find NOW TV within the Roku Channel Store and once registered for NOW TV online will be able to access the movies they choose instantly.
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The company also announced that Hulu Plus will be coming to Xbox LIVE as a Kinect-enabled experience through which viewers will be able to watch TV shows.
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Yet, as I winged my way to and from Canada this week, I was able to enjoy TV shows and movies transferred from my home digital video recorder to my iPad mini.
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If Dish successfully pried Sprint away from Softbank, the company would be able to package TV and wireless services, allowing it to mix the slow-growing pay-television business with the more quickly expanding wireless industry.
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Then all you need to do is go to Flingo.org and get a few lines of embed code to put on your web site, and owners of a Flingo-enabled TV set will be able to send your video to their TV with one click.
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Those of you lucky enough to have a nice TV provider that doesn't lock everything down with Copy Once flags will be able to watch live TV on just about any DLNA playback device that supports MPEG2.
NBC's live stream will run different ads from those on TV, but Super Bowl viewers will be able to pull up the TV commercials on demand through the website shortly after they air, an NBC Sports spokesman said.
They'll get results from TV and the web and be able to watch either on their TV screen.
Once they have connected their Roku box to their TV and home WiFi network, NOW TV customers will be able to watch their favourite movies on their main TV, as well as continue to watch them out and about through their smartphone, tablet or laptop.
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By the end of the year, GetGlue HD will be able to control Direct TV channel-changing.
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If people were able to access live TV over their iPads and mobile phones, cord cutting might really accelerate.
On Dec 6, 2011, after they download an update Xbox users will be able to command their TV with their voice.
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And for the first time, these customers will be able to integrate their TV experience with voice and gesture commands through Kinect for Xbox 360.
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Its customers are able to watch satellite TV and listen to streaming music on their cell phones, as well as access the Internet over broadband connections.
By having a majority ownership in Bellator MMA (via its parent company, Viacom), Spike TV is able to avoid many conflicts it confronted mid-relationship with UFC.
"We're pleased that our customers will soon be able to access TWC TV via Roku, " said Mike Angus, senior vice president and general manager, video at Time Warner Cable.
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And what you're aware of throughout the process is that after having taken 1, 000 votes or so, no matter how well-intentioned you are and how seriously you take the issues and, you know, hew to principle - there's going to be something in there that, come election time, somebody's going to be able to run a TV spot on.
FiOS TV customers will be able to access EPIX content online by going to epixhd.com and providing their FiOS TV account information.
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In Manhattan, for example, cable TV viewers were able by mid-afternoon to tune back in to their favorite soap operas on WABC.
Customers who have already registered for NOW TV will be able to access the service on the additional platform at no extra cost.
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"I look forward to working closely with broadcasters and mobile network operators to ensure everyone continues to be able to receive their current TV service, " said newly appointed chief executive Simon Beresford-Wiley.
The promise of the connected living room is still strong: Jobs said that the upgraded Apple TV will be able to download high-definition movies and will also be able to get podcasts and photos from services including Flicker and YouTube.
If the PCs from which it is obtaining media also have this fast a connection, Apple TV should be able to obtain digital content much faster than previous products. 802.11n should certainly be fast enough for standard-definition compressed video and reliable enough to carry movie trailers from Apple's Web site without stuttering.
No other smart TV manufacturer has been able to offer that kind of ease of use.
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With SDK 2.0, developers will be able to create applications for 2013 TV sets from participating Alliance members.
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Recorded TV shows will be able to travel with you, using a portable device coming to market next year.
And before the age of mass-TV ownership they were able to call upon the support of much of the press.
It is also not clear whether users will be able to sit and watch long TV programs while they commute.
We have a Roku player, and I was drawn to the idea of being able to stream shows to our TV.
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