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Matchstick and Mozilla's HDMI streaming dongle hits Kickstarter

1 October 2014, 13:35

The partnership chose crowdfunding to drive down the production price.

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Samsung to unveil Smart TV games content at IFA

20 August 2014, 14:30

Apps including Skype and games including Need for Speed Most Wanted will be added.

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Samsung's 105-inch 4K UHD TV now available for pre-order

23 July 2014, 11:45

This beautiful large curved TV will be built to order and cost you USD$119,999.99.

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Netflix more than doubles quarterly earnings

22 July 2014, 13:13

The video streaming giant has also now surpassed 50 million subscribers.

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Amazon confirms impending Prime Instant Video Android App

17 July 2014, 13:37

The company is also working on streaming 4K content, which will launch this year.

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Novartis licenses Google's smart lens technology

15 July 2014, 12:45

The Alcon eye care owner hopes to commercialise smart lenses within 5 years.

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Mozilla may be working on a Firefox OS streaming dongle

23 June 2014, 13:51

Streaming stick is said to rival the likes of the Google Chromecast and Roku.

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YouTube plans to launch paid music streaming service

18 June 2014, 13:15

The video-centric site is also threatening to block music labels that don't sign up.

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BBC trials facial recognition software to test TV show appeal

17 June 2014, 15:14

The technology was developed by British startup CrowdEmotion.

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Copyright trolls lose extortion case against alleged pirates

30 April 2014, 11:15

Thousands of BitTorrent users who had downloaded the Far Cry movie were targeted.

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Amazon strikes exclusive licensing deal with HBO

24 April 2014, 13:30

HBO classics such as The Sopranos will appear in Amazon video streams in the US.

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Google rumoured to be working on Android TV set-top box

7 April 2014, 11:00

Leaked documents reveal the company's plans to take over the living room.

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Amazon Fire TV set top box is unveiled

3 April 2014, 12:00

The box will run Android and double as a games console with an optional dedicated joypad.

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Ripping CDs and DVDs in the UK to be legalised from 1st June

31 March 2014, 09:52

Copyright law changed to allow you to make personal copies for private use.

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Valve's 'Free to Play' movie is now free to watch

20 March 2014, 15:45

Movie, premiered at the GDC San Francisco, shows the life of e-sports athletes.

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Plex adds free Chromecast streaming support for all users

14 March 2014, 12:45

No subscription required. The Plex media streaming app is not free though.

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Neil Young's Pono hi-fi music player smashes Kickstarter goal

13 March 2014, 15:45

Device lets you listen to PonoMusic albums in the FLAC audio format.

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Roku Streaming Stick with HDMI launched at $49.99 (£49.99)

5 March 2014, 09:45

Nearly all the functionality of a Roku box in a thumb drive sized gadget.

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Freeview Connect coming to disrupt YouView

11 February 2014, 21:52

TV distribution platform will support catch-up services from BBC, ITV and Channel 4.

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Apple to intro native gaming support on next Apple TV box?

24 January 2014, 12:00

Will this mark the beginning of Apple's conquest of the living room?

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Artists can now sell commission- free merchandise on Spotify

21 January 2014, 14:16

The service is being offered in a bid to ease criticism over poor royalty pay outs.

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Sky AdSmart targets ads at a variety of TV audience segments

17 January 2014, 10:39

Which advertiser is more interested in you; Iceland or Audi?

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LG and Samsung both announce 105-inch curved LCD TVs

19 December 2013, 12:27

Both will be on display at the CES in Las Vegas in January. Samsung's is the "most curved".

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YouTube publishes its 2013 rewind video mashup

11 December 2013, 16:51

'What does the fox say?' was the top trending video of the year with 275 million views.

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Google Play Store (UK) now offering HBO programmes

4 December 2013, 10:07

Also the Sky Store movie rental service opens doors to anyone in UK and Ireland.

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BBC Store will allow people to buy, watch, and keep programmes

8 October 2013, 16:27

The BBC iPlayer service will also be overhauled, adding 30 days of previous programmes.

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Major update to VLC Media player includes hardware decoding

26 September 2013, 16:30

Also around a thousand bugs in the software have been quashed.

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Netflix checks torrent popularity to help choose what shows to buy

16 September 2013, 15:15

Company exec says that piracy site popularity steers company content strategy.

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Wozniak finds that Jobs movie “over-glorified” the man

19 August 2013, 18:00

Also “A lot of people I know didn’t get the respect they deserve”.

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Cult sci-fi series Blake's 7 will return - for Xbox Live subscribers

16 August 2013, 09:30

Also the Xbox One November launch is scaled back from 21 to 13 countries.

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Virgin Media gets BT Sport channels

15 August 2013, 16:00

So now you can get both Sky Sports and BT Sport channels in one subscription.

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Microsoft to drop 'SkyDrive' name worldwide after appeal failure

2 August 2013, 10:00

BSkyB gives Redmond a "reasonable amount of time" to implement the changes.

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Google launches Chromecast, a US$35 streaming TV HDMI dongle

25 July 2013, 07:15

Control it with and share video streams from: your smartphone, tablet or computer.

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