We launched our public alpha for Mac/Linux in January at CES. During the show we met with several device manufactures interested in embedding Boxee into their existing devices or building a dedicated Boxee device.
I am very happy to announce we have signed our first partnership with a CE company. At this point we can not say more about the partner or the specs of the device, but we can tell you we are working closely with them to make sure we deliver a great Boxee experience on it.
We will show mockups of the box and share more details at our upcoming Boxee Beta Unveiling event in Brooklyn, NY on Dec 7th. RSVP here.
Over the next few years there will be a great change in the way we consume entertainment on our TV. The Internet is (finally) coming to the TV and with it will come a whole new world of content, applications and innovations.
We are building Boxee as a platform that would:
• make it easy for users to consume and find content – no matter what the source
• give content owners, aggregators, and developers the tools to create unique experiences with a variety of business models
• enable CE companies to enhance their Connected devices
This will be the first connected device running Boxee, but the idea is to provide consumers with a way to get Boxee in their living rooms, no matter whether it’s on a Connected TV, game console, set-top box, BluRay player, computer, etc.
Our goal is to be on every Connected device in the living room.
We are very excited about the partnership and looking forward to sharing more at the event.
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MacDailyNews Take: That day that shall live in infamy.
dedicated Boxee box = Epic fail
Does boxee support iTunes file formats?if so, this might be better than apple tv. Unless iTunes subscription service becomes a reality
“MacDailyNews Take: That day that shall live in infamy.”
Why?
Boxee Alpha user here.
Working great! Watching Hulu & much more with a verrrrrry usable interface, with an Apple remote (old version)
I sure hope they didn’t partner with Microsoft, which isn’t a CE company anyway…I wonder who the partner is?
@jim
I disagree. Add a USB port for flash drive upload/download, and it’s an epic win.
Basically, what I want is what you get with a PS3, without having to pay for a game system I don’t want.
——RM
@ Saldin,
Pearl Harbor reference…then-President FDR referred to December 7th as “day that shall live in infamy”.
Because Boxee is almost everything that the AppleTV should have been. The connected set-top box is a dream that many companies have set their sights on, but it has yet to connect with mainstream consumers. Boxee could be the killer app that finally brings this vision into reality.
Dec. 6-AppleTV: Take 5/Four a spin…
The Western Digital WD TV Live HD Media Player does everything I wish my Apple TV did without having to hack it, so the ATV will remain unplugged for a while unless I move it to another TV.
Yay! A set top box designed specifically for playing lousy low res video on my HDTV. May I have two please?
Worst. Idea. Ever.
Clearly you’ve never used Boxee..
Doesn’t matter.
The real problem is geo-restrictions. They’ll have to be wrestled out of the content cartel’s cold, dead hands.