Plenty of media is still not in the cloud, like TV, print and even the execution of display media in many cases (unless you call DoubleClick part of the cloud).
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M-GO supports multiple digital lockers including UltraViolet, a digital rights authentication and home entertainment industry standard that lets consumers safely and securely download and stream their purchased movies and TV shows via a cloud-based entertainment collection for viewing on TV screens, personal computers, tablets and mobile phones.
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Amazon Cloud Player on Roku provides customers with the ability to play their music from the cloud directly on their TV or through a stereo system connected to their TV.
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Microsoft continues to push more and more of its business into the cloud, and its recent TV ads certainly added to the consumer-level buzz about (if not richer understanding of) cloud computing.
UltraViolet is a unique way to collect and enjoy movies and TV shows in the cloud.
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Boxee also includes a DVR service that allows users to record unlimited TV shows to the cloud.
We also continue to see strong customer demand for FiOS Internet and TV, and for cloud and other strategic services.
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Today, the cloud is the focus of national TV advertising campaigns.
Right now, you can buy or rent a movie from the iTunes cloud, but not directly to your TV.
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By deeply optimizing for the Google TV platform to achieve low latency cloud gaming mode, Ubitus can enable OEMs to offer over-the-top (OTT) cloud gaming services to their customers at ease and timely.
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"Google TV is an ideal platform for cloud gaming and we have tacked the obstacles to achieving low latency streaming game experience with multi gaming controller devices support on Google TV, " said Wesley Kuo, CEO of Ubitus.
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As a result, consumers are prone to experience deteriorated performance such as choppy videos and slower load times, especially when streaming content from the cloud, smartphone or tablet to a digital TV. 5G WiFi dramatically improves home wireless range, providing higher-capacity video streaming, the ability to connect multiple devices to the network at the same time and broader coverage with fewer dead spots.
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WSB-TV in Atlanta aired footage of an enormous funnel cloud bearing down on Adairsville.
Of more interest is the ability to switch video playback from the TV screen to a device, where it syncs through the cloud.
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With iOS 5.x Apple offers synchronization between your iPhone or iPad, your Mac or Windows PC, and a cloud archive of personal data, photos, and media (music, TV shows).
Gaikai, like Onlive, seeks to bring access to multiple interfaces with minimal installation eg, TV, PC, Mac, or Android Pads or Phones (Cloud Gaming).
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Customers will soon be able to easily link their UltraViolet accounts to the NOOK Cloud allowing them to view their previously and newly purchased UltraViolet-enabled movies and TV shows across NOOK devices and NOOK Video apps, as well as through third party applications.
In bringing Ubuntu to the phone, Canonical is uniquely placed with a single operating system for client, server and cloud, and a unified family of interfaces for the phone, the PC and the TV.
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Through the power of the cloud, it effortlessly integrates the music experience across your tablet, PC, phone and TV.1 With more than 30 million songs in the global catalog, Xbox Music begins rolling out around the world tomorrow on Xbox 360 and later this month on Windows 8 PCs and tablets and on mobile phones, starting with Windows Phone 8 at launch and additional platforms later.
Agawi, formerly iSwifter, recently launched the 2.0 version of its cloud gaming platform and provides its partners with content streaming solutions for all devices, from mobile to PC to TV.
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