PlayStation already has streaming-media apps like Netflix, Amazon Instant and Hulu.
DivX Plus Streaming brings a cutting-edge feature set to streaming media that is typically characteristic of the Blu-ray Disc consumer experience such as multi-language subtitles and audio tracks, trick-play track for smooth fast forward and rewind, chapter points for quick scene navigation, and resume playback across devices.
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D-Link is touting the new DSM-5210R as the first wireless high-def streaming media player with 100GB of storage and 5-in-1 card reader, but is it semantics?
Can Netflix make the necessary deals it needs to fight and retain the crown in video-streaming media, the field it pioneered?
Chief Executive Reed Hastings, who boasted on the social-media site that the streaming-video company had exceeded one billion hours in a month for the first time, sending the firm's shares higher.
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Two years ago I was using maybe 3-4 streaming media devices, connected to the TV.
Apple remains in negotiations with at least two of the top music labels, Sony and Warner, over its long-rumored streaming media music service, according to the Financial Times.
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It hasn't even been a year since Roku last updated its line of streaming media players -- but nine months is a long time in the gadget world.
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But if you don't mind finding your own software, or already have a server setup, this is a killer media-streaming device.
Another potential debut at the conference: a media-streaming device that Google previewed last year without mentioning it would sell the device to consumers.
The software is a version of its embedded device software, overlaid with the Windows Media Center interface, with media streaming and remote-control capabilities.
This comes as the carriers are rolling out high-speed 4G networks, and U.S. mobile users are developing a strong taste for data-intensive services like streaming media.
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In addition to Xbox 360, Netflix "Just for Kids" is available on PCs and Macs, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3, Apple TV and certain Smart TVs, Blu-ray players and streaming media players.
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Unlike other streaming and media stores, M-GO goes further.
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The first is preparing for real-time integration of streaming events and social media participation.
The GUI will support English, German, French and Spanish languages for both GUI text as well as meta-data from the iPod and other streaming media.
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The company that wins the biggest share of the streaming media players also wins the various add-on devices and support services and a presence on next-generation cell phones and PalmPilots.
Spotify is now available on the new WD TV Live players, as well as the WD TV Live Hub streaming media player, which features a built-in 1 TB hard drive to store personal content locally for TV streaming.
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Dan Rayburn at Streaming Media has been watching the sales of set-top boxes over the past few years, and growth has been slow for all platforms.
The widgets are very much "in your face, " and they clearly suggest that Google intends to be your go-to destination for buying, renting and streaming digital media.
Most of those features relate to streaming media, including the ability to take high definition-quality video from the phone and share it via High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) and access to high-definition YouTube videos.
The one aspect I worried about was the complexity of was the network file sharing (for streaming media from network drive shares) for the less networking-friendly audience, but it worked pretty seamlessly.
Its new DS-A5 docking station brings Apple's WiFi media streaming to many home stereos, including those of rivals, as long as there's a wired or 802.11g-capable wireless router to feed the connection.
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Xunlei (planned ticker, Nasdaq: XNET) provides digital media content downloading and online video streaming as well as cloud-based subscription services.
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Once a connection is made, there's a steady 15Mbps beam available between the users -- that's more than enough for videochats, media streaming and multiplayer gaming.
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In addition to a better web surfing experience, HughesNet Gen4 delivers the performance required to support high-bandwidth applications, including social media and video and music streaming.
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Other winners include HBO Go (four awards, including best media streaming service), Lady Gaga (for best celebrity-fan social presence), Conan O'Brien (for best celebrity-fan website) and The New York Times (best news social presence).
Media center software, a streaming set top box and a TV-tuning USB dongle -- Boxee already has a pretty decent amount on its plate.
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"The new TDLS certification program will improve the user experience with advanced applications such as media streaming, without requiring user intervention, " said Kelly Davis-Felner, marketing director of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
You can connect to multiple Nexus Q devices simultaneously and send separate media to each of them individually, so this could be easy whole-home streaming.
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