If you love to play games, watch TV and movies, surf the Web or listen to music, there has never been a better time to be on Xbox.
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The ways in which people watch TV and movies have changed immeasurably in the past 20 years, but consumers always seek out Disney's great stories and memorable characters.
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According to recent report from Knowledge Networks, 21% of consumers in the U.S., age 13 to 54, watch TV and movies on a videogame console at least once a month (including DVDs, Blu-ray discs and via Internet connection).
FORBES: Users Spend 1 Billion Hours On Xbox Live Per Month, At Least 15% Of That On Video
Technological advances that make it easier and cheaper than ever to watch TV shows and movies where and when you want were supposed to put a damper on piracy.
FORBES: Despite Technological Advances, Piracy as Popular as Ever
Despite Internet services such as Hulu.com and Netflix, which let people watch TV shows and movies online, the town has yet to figure out how to make the Internet pay, especially when it comes to Web-only content.
For the past 11 years, Chernin has been given enormous latitude to run the company's entertainment and technology divisions as he sees fit, resulting in hits like American Idol, the purchase of MySpace and, more recently, Hulu, a Web partnership with NBC where viewers can watch TV shows and movies for free.
The satellite service has 14 million customers who watch TV shows and movies without having to leave home.
It means that when consumers watch TV shows and movies, they could potentially be able to do more than just play, pause and stop.
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NeoTV PRIME with Google TV offers PrimeTime, an app that helps you find and watch your favorite movies and TV shows all in one place, whether they are on live TV, an app, or the web.
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Customers can now order and watch movies and TV shows in HD on their televisions through compatible devices including: the Roku digital video player, TiVo Series3, HD, and HD XL DVRs, and the Sony Bravia Internet Video Link.
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But John Burke, a senior vice president and general manager of Motorola Mobility's "Converged Solutions" service, said consumers want more flexibility in how and where they watch movies and TV shows.
For one low monthly price, Netflix subscribers can get DVDs delivered to their homes and can instantly watch movies and TV episodes streamed to their TVs and computers, all in unlimited amounts.
ENGADGET: Netflix notches 2 billionth delivery with a Blu-ray disc HD
"Our customers have been asking us for two things: HD and the ability to watch movies and TV shows instantly on their television, " said Bill Carr, Amazon vice president Music and Video.
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Consumer buys Kindle Fire and quickly determines the best thing to do on it is watch movies and TV episodes.
"Reed is an entrepreneur and technologist who has led Netflix to transform the way people watch movies and TV, " said Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook.
ENGADGET: Netflix CEO Reed Hastings joins Facebook's Board of Directors
But those kids at SXSW are only used to seeing Macbooks and iPads on the TV shows and movies they watch.
The new Netflix interface offers a significant improvement in browsing and searching for TV shows and movies to instantly watch.
Today, millions of people use Netflix to watch movies and TV shows over the Internet.
We use them to watch movies and TV shows, listen to music, play games and read books and magazines.
With Xperia advance, consumers can watch the latest movies and TV shows in razor sharp quality and with fast performance.
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For one low monthly price, Netflix members can instantly watch movies and TV programs streamed over the internet to PCs, Macs and TVs.
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It was only about five years ago that Netflix started streaming video content via the Web, changing the way we watch movies and TV shows.
Customers can instantly watch movies and TV shows from Amazon Instant Video or Prime instant video on a Mac, PC or directly on a TV with any of the 300 compatible devices.
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The cable company this morning announced the launch of Xfinity Streampix, a subscription video service that will allow customer to watch movies and TV programs on a variety of consumer electronics devices.
FORBES: Comcast Launches Streampix Subscription Video Service
The Aire Pro also offers Dual HDMI, making it easy to connect the monitor directly to your Blu-Ray Player or gaming console to watch your favorite movies and TV shows and play video games.
Customers can instantly watch movies and TV shows from Amazon Instant Video or Prime instant video on a Mac, PC or directly on a TV with any of the 300 compatible devices, including the new Kindle Fire.
ENGADGET: Amazon Prime Instant Video expands its library with even more video from PBS
Most of the iPad lovers I know are using their tablets to watch movies and TV shows, read books and magazines and surf aimlessly through the web where they can buy unnecessary stuff and read useless blogs like this one.
Netflix "Just for Kids" makes it easier and more fun for kids and families to browse and instantly watch a large selection of kid-friendly TV shows and movies.
ENGADGET: 'Just for Kids' now available on the Xbox 360: Go, Netflix, Go!
As we now know, on May 1st the sun rose once again and there are still some movies and TV shows to watch on Netflix streaming, but for just a few hours you might have thought that would not be the case.
Apple TV allows users to rent movies through iTunes and watch them on their TV sets, show photos, listen to music and show media from other sources like YouTube and Flikr.
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