Twitch Is Turning Into The Netflix Of Spectator Gaming
By all accounts, the world’s largest video network for gamers—and the lucrative arena of competitive gaming that it powers—is on a path to colossal growth.Twitch, a social platform where users can...
View ArticleAmazon Fire TV Wants To Ignite The Streaming Experience—And It Just Might
Amazon took on the big boys of streaming television at its press event in New York City Wednesday morning. On a stage decked out like a living room, the company took the wraps off its top-secret...
View Article10 Things You Need To Know About The Amazon Fire TV
Amazon has put Apple TV, Roku and Google's Chromecast in its crosshairs with its new Fire TV streaming device. See also: Amazon Fire TV Wants To Ignite The Streaming Experience—And It Just MightThe box...
View ArticleSonos Lets Google Put It To Work, Chromecast-Style
Just when we were looking at how to turn a Chromecast into a Sonos, Google turned the Sonos into a Chromecast.Sonos and Google's new partnership, touted on Google's fairly elaborate launch page, means...
View ArticleGoodbye, TV Channels—And Hello, TV Apps
When I was a kid, my brother graciously taught me what a half-Nelson was. It was a lesson learned from our nightly wrestling matches over the remote control, which was essentially the scepter in our...
View ArticleNetflix Calls Out Verizon For Charging For Crappy Streaming, Part Deux
Netflix sure knows how to get a rise out of Internet service providers: Since mid-May, the streaming video service has been posting an error notice to Verizon subscribers blaming the network for slow...
View ArticleAereo Loses At The Supreme Court In Landmark Tech Copyright Case
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling against Aereo, a video startup founded in 2012 that streams both live and delayed television broadcasts to paying subscribers. See also: To...
View ArticleHow Chromecast Makes Shared Viewing Easier: Bat Squeaks
Using the Chromecast with friends is about to get better, thanks to this handy update: Google announced at its Google I/O developer conference that users will no longer have to join the same network,...
View ArticleAndroid TV: Google Wants To Own Your Living Room (Again)
There’s no doubt that Google wants to own all of the screens in our lives, from the little ones on our wrists (and thermostats), to the larger ones in our pockets and car dashboards. But of all the...
View ArticleGame of Chromes: HBO GO Now Supports Chromecast
HBO GO has just become the latest addition to the Chromecast field. Now users can cast Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire to their living room televisions, courtesy of Google's $35 TV streaming...
View ArticleWhat Streaming Device Makers Should Learn From Qplay’s Demise
Qplay seemed like it everything it needed to succeed. The small TV streaming adapter had Mike Ramsay and Jim Barton, the founders of the TiVo DVR set-top box, driving it. So it had a well-respected...
View ArticleGoogle Wants Chromecast's Allure To Rub Off On Its Music Service
Chromecast is one of Google's most successful consumer products ever. So it's only natural that the company would like to hitch another wagon to that star—and right now, that wagon is its...
View ArticleBelatedly, TiVo Makes Its Play For Cord-Cutters
TiVo shot to fame, if not widespread acceptance, on the ability of its digital video recorders to impose order on the unruly smorgasbord of cable-TV programming. Which makes its latest product—its...
View ArticleHBO Will Finally Give Cord-Cutters The Streaming They Crave
Describing 10 million broadband-only homes—many of which likely house Game Of Thrones fans tethered to their parents' HBO login—as "low hanging fruit," the cable channel's CEO Richard Plepler says he's...
View ArticleThe "New" Chromecast: The Real Prize May Lie In The Backdrop
Just because Google's new Nexus Player will offer Chromecast features, that doesn't mean it will replace the $35 TV streaming dongle. The product's definitely not doomed; in fact, it’s continuing to...
View ArticleBroadcast TV Streamer Aereo Officially Has One Foot In The Grave
After fighting the good fight to bring over-the-air TV to online streaming, the battle-weary Aereo has shuttered its doors. As of November 12, the Boston-based startup will close up shop and lay off...
View ArticleChromecast Gets New Gaming Powers, Plus Showtime and Starz
Google really, really wants Chromecast to get on your gift shopping list. So to sweeten the deal, the company just announced some brand new functionality for its $35 TV-streaming stick. Say hello to...
View ArticleWould-Be TV Disrupter Aereo Files For Chapter 11 Reorganization
Broadcast TV streamer Aereo filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 Friday. The Boston-based startup has been slowly shuttering for months since its Supreme Court loss in June. The court that Aereo's...
View ArticleTV Streaming Gadgets: ReadWrite's 2014 Gift Guide
Televisions weren’t always smart. In fact, given how long people tend to hang on to their TVs, plenty of so-called “boob tubes” still dominate numerous living rooms across the country. Fortunately, you...
View ArticleHBO Go Hits Amazon Fire TV, May Bring Cord-Cutting Service Too
A glaring omission for Amazon's television set-top has been righted. The HBO Go app finally landed on the $99 Fire TV box on Monday, with the $39 Fire TV stick slated to follow in the spring. At this...
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