Tag: streaming
YouView catch-up TV service to finally land in July
After an almost never-ending series of delays that have seen the service slip from an original 2010 release date, the IPTV catch up service YouView will now finally launch in July. The set-top box will cost £299 from John Lewis,…
E3 2012: Gaikai to bring backwards compatibility back to the PS3 through streaming?
Here's an interesting pre-show rumour doing the rounds before next week's big E3 gaming convention. Games streaming company Gaikai are said to be joining forces with Sony to bring old-skool PS1 and PS2 games to the PlayStation 3. While PS1…
UK digital music spending overtakes physical sales for first time
It's a landmark day or the British music business, as the British Phonographic Industry has just announced that, for the first time ever, digital downloads and streaming have overtaken the sales of CDs, tapes and vinyl in the UK. 55.5%…
LOVEFiLM sign exclusivity deal with Universal Pictures: Snow White and the Huntsman, Battleship streaming incoming
LOVEFiLM have today secured a new multi-year exclusivity deal with Universal Pictures that will see the Amazon-owned rental and streaming service get first dibs when it comes to streaming Universal's movies as of the second pay window. Through the LOVEFiLM…
BlackBerry Music Gateway Bluetooth streamer revealed
While we wait with baited breath to see if RIM can pull a showstopper out of the bag at their BlackBerry World 2012 conference this week (BlackBerry 10 to save the day!), the ailing smartphone manufacturer have revealed a tasty…
Console-quality cloud gaming hits Facebook with Gaikai
Console-quality games are now available through Facebook thanks to a new partnership with Gaikai, who are launching a beta version of their cloud-gaming service through the social network. A similar proposition to OnLive, Gaikai will let Facebook users subscribe to…
Spotify Play Button lets you embed tracks and playlists on your blog
Spotify are today introducing the Spotify Play Button. An embeddable widget for blogs and websites, it lets you add tracks and playlists to your posts, firing up the streaming service directly from the widget itself. "Today we're giving every blogger…
REVIEW: Roku 2 XS streaming player (UK)
Already holding the title of the most popular TV streaming box in the US, Roku are now setting their sights on the UK market. The Roku 2 XS, with its Bluetooth motion controlled gaming capabilities and access to Netflix movie streaming, is their top of the line streaming box. Read on for our verdict.
May launch for YouView catch-up TV streaming platform?
YouView, the long-delayed TV catch-up streaming box that pulls together online TV content from all the major terrestrial broadcasters in the UK, may finally have a launch window. The Freeview-based TV-on-demand system is now expected to launch on May…
Spotify add crossfade and gapless playback features
Spotify users rejoice! Your party playlist megamixes just got a whole lot more professional sounding, as the digital music streaming platform have added gapless playback and crossfade features to the desktop application. Gapless playback means that you'll no longer get…
