By Antonnete Teresita, on August 1st, 2012% 
Apple supporters have been waiting long enough for an Apple-based television subscription service. On Tuesday, Apple silently added support to its Apple TV set-top box, called Hulu Plus. This may be the closest thing Apple fans can get for the meantime. This brings access to ad-supported television episodes and movies for paid subscribers of the particular service.
For the subscribers of Hulu Plus, they can have an access to the content of the service, while new users have the choice of either subscribing to the service through their iTunes account or signing up for a free one-week trial. On the . . . → Read More: Apple TV to be supported by Hulu Plus
By Dora Tutor, on November 22nd, 2011% Just recently, Amazon launched its new featured Kindle Fire together with Barnes & Noble following with their Nook tablet, while a lesser-known Kobo Vox just went on sale beforehand. These devices provide consumers with a less-expensive alternative to full featured tablets as what Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab offers.
Kindle Fire runs a highly modified version of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) developed for media usage. Gmail, Google Maps, and any other Android apps will not be found on it. Somewhat, you find a well-designed reading entertainment that ships while using the Kindle reader along with several . . . → Read More: Fire vs. Nook vs. Vox
By Jan Paul Ronaldo Manching, on July 28th, 2011% 
The two of the most popular streaming video services throughout the world are the Netflix and Hulu. The services could be accessed on all sorts of devices from your DVR to your smartphone with a group of other devices. Nielsen has a new report on what gadgets people use to watch the streaming services.
Several people out there that watch both streaming services are viewing directly on their computer. Forty-two percent of the entire Netflix users watch by means of the computer and a massive 89% of the entire Hulu watchers use their computer. For Netflix, . . . → Read More: Nielsen Monitors Hulu and Netflix Streaming Usage
By Imee Celine Lenoir, on June 1st, 2011% 
To aid in pushing the Kinect and its flavor of motion control, is Microsoft planning a new “entertainment brand?” Microsoft will proclaim “plenty of Kinect centric fare,” according to Kotaku. Along with these unexpected projects are some new titles and a whole new brand focused on the Kinect Sensor.
Frank Shaw, vice president of Corporate Communication at Microsoft, notes that 40% of the entire Xbox connected activities are now non gaming linked. These comprise users observing movies on the Zune Store, utilizing the manufactured in DVD player, checking Facebook or sending each other messages.
Frank Shaw said . . . → Read More: Rumor: MS Will Launch New Entertainment Strategy
By Jane Gracielo, on May 18th, 2011% 
According to a research published by Sandvine Inc. in United States and Canada, Netflix streaming video accounts for more peak-hour Internet traffic going into homes than some other source. The streaming video at the moment accounts for closely 30% of entire peak downstream traffic, a jump from count of 21% of previous year, the reports said.
Just around one quarter of homes with a broadband Internet connection subscribe to Netflix, however those users still utilize extra information by seeing movies and television shows the entire users in North America do by browsing the Web, utilizing . . . → Read More: United States’ Biggest Internet Traffic Comes from Netflix
By Jan Paul Ronaldo Manching, on April 8th, 2011% 
Cable television supplier Time Warner Cable and content corporation Viacom exchanged court cases today concerning whether Time Warner has the right to create Viacom’s programming obtainable to subscribers on Apple’s iPad.
The fight replicates the rising significance of the Internet as an allocation channel for movies and TV, as brooking corporations like Netflix rake in subscribers and subscription fees–and hand out great certifying payments to content suppliers. It also replicates the iPad’s escapee achievement.
Difficulties aside, Time Warner and its type are appearing to avert services such as Netflix, not to state iTunes and other . . . → Read More: Time Warner and Viacom Exchange Court Cases Concerning the iPad Issue
By Jane Gracielo, on March 9th, 2011% 
The choice of Facebook to try digital movie rentals and purchases with Warner Bros. is no direct risk to streaming service of Netflix, although makes a new probable longer-term online video opponent, according to the Goldman Sachs analyst Ingrid Chung.
She said in a report that “Facebook’s foray into pay-per-view does not impact our Netflix estimates. However, Facebook represents a new potential entrant that few in the investment community were concerned with prior to this announcement, so we believe it does indeed represent an incremental negative for Netflix shares.”
She further said that . . . → Read More: Goldman Sachs: Facebook is a Threat to Netflix
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