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Re: A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee

tsella — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 09:19:27 -0000

Unfortunately, not yet.

Netflix, at least in our current form of playback, is based on Microsoft's Silverlight technologies.

While through the excellent work of the Moonlight team, Silverlight 1.0 is supported on Linux, Silverlight 2.0, which is at the basis of Netflix, is not.

Netflix have commented in the past, unrelated to Boxee, that they would bring it to Linux this year, but so far, that has not happened.

We are keeping our eyes open, and you could help by asking them, right?

Re: A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee

fredwilson — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:38:20 -0000

Tumblr built this app so I think they are listening

Re: A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee

Jonathan Deamer — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:40:59 -0000

I'm a big fan of Tumblr, so it's great to see Boxee are integrating the service. What's even more great though is that pretty much the exact functionality that's now available was the subject of a feature request thread on Get Satisfaction. Whether the new features are a direct response to the thread, or it's something Boxee had up their sleeves anyway, it's great to see that they seem to be so in tune with what the user wants.

Re: A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee

lefty.crupps — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:37:08 -0000

> Now the three versions, Mac, Windows, and Ubuntu are in sync on features

Does that mean Linux users can watch Netflix streaming videos?

When will Boxee release a version that doesn't require Ubuntu??

Re: A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee

fredwilson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:07:33 -0000

I hope to see boxee provide transactional capabilities so they can be a reseller of MLB and Netflix and paid apps. Its an obvious and good path for them

Re: A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee

fredwilson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:57:42 -0000

I think it does

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fredwilson — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:57:33 -0000

They don't love it carl

Re: A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee

Amir — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:26:53 -0000

These are very exciting updates, Fred. I am using Boxee on a dailly basis and it's becoming as essential as my iphone.

I am wondering if there are any plans for application monetization (premium apps, marketplace, etc...) for Boxee.

Thanks!

Re: A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee

deancollins — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:11:10 -0000

Yes it will still have a blackout policy (i'm not involved with Boxee but nothing trumps the revenue dollars from the cable companies currently so forget about getting this if you want to support your local team).

It sucks basically. I pay for cable. I pay for mlb.tv.
BUT
I cant watch mets on my pc at all. I cant watch my other games on my cable box.

Oh and for your $110 mlb.tv subscription.....you cant watch games on the weekend before 7pm at all.

Cheers,
Dean

Re: A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee

willcole — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:33:51 -0000

I'm always impressed with how far ahead MLB Advanced Media is than the other leagues (and media networks) when it comes to getting their live content pushed out. The MLB premium service reaches me on three media devices I use daily (phone, TV, computer).

Oh yeah, and it's nice for Boxee too!

Re: A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee

Carl Rahn Griffith — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:25:26 -0000

If the newspaper industry thinks the web is disruptive, i dread to think what the TV companies will make of all this.

Congrats - fascinating stuff.

Re: A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee

daryn — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:30:06 -0000

Great stuff from boxee tonight, congrats to all!

Re: A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee

Doug Castoldi — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:59:26 -0000

Fred, will the MLB app still require blackouts in local markets? This was non-negotiable back when I had worked with ESPN360 and I had always hoped those restrictions would go away.

I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment of where we are with video in the living room. Boxee's come a long way in moving the ball forward but there's a way to go. Best of luck to Gidon, Avner and all involved.