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Entertainment
Windows 7 Media Center Internet TV Delivers Zune Video Podcasts
4:12AM Sean Fallon | Just in case you missed it buried underneath the upgrade to Netflix Watch Instantly the other day, Microsoft has gone live with Internet TV on Windows 7 Media Center, offering content (of rather poor picture quality) from the following providers: More »
Entertainment
Streamlined Netflix Experience Now On Windows 7 Media Center
7:24AM Sean Fallon | Starting today, early Windows 7 adopters have access to a streamlined Netflix Watch Instantly experience and a Internet TV update that includes a whole bunch of new content. More »
Screens
Vizio Adds Twitter And Facebook Widgets
11:06AM Don Nguyen | Vizio is readying TVs that bring some of the most popular websites including Facebook, Twitter, and eBay to new sets equipped with 802.11n Wi-Fi (on top of already announced offerings). [Vizio] More »
Software
Boxee Media Centre Now Streams Hulu, Comedy Central and CBS to Apple TV
12:07AM John Mahoney | Boxee, the free media centre software that you can easily install on your Apple TV via a USB patch stick (as well as any other recent OS X machine), now supports Hulu streaming, as well as CBS and Comedy Central (for South Park and Daily Show/Colbert). It’s an alpha release, so you’ll need an invitation to download the app (use this special hookup for Giz readers) to get streaming. It will also play videos of myriad codecs stored on networked drives, and lots of other tastiness. A quick try on my Intel Mac yielded a nice stream of the most recent episode of the Office–not bad at all. Ahem, Apple–third parties are now not just walking, but dancing circles around you with these unofficial add-ons. [Boxee] More »
Online
11:57AM Nathan Taylor | The ABC (that’s our ABC, not the US one) has followed in the footsteps of the BBC’s iPlayer and launched its own Internet television streaming service.
Called ABC Playback, the service will offer three streaming Internet channels:
- ABC Catch-up, which will have a range of programming culled from both of the network’s free-to-air TV channels (ABC1 and the digital-only ABC2).
- ABC Real, which will show documentaries and natural history programming
- ABC Shop, a paid download service from which you will be able to both buy and rent programming. Initially, programs will be roughly $3 to rent for a week, and pay-to-own services will come later.
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ABC Announces Television Streaming Service
11:57AM Nathan Taylor | The ABC (that’s our ABC, not the US one) has followed in the footsteps of the BBC’s iPlayer and launched its own Internet television streaming service.
Called ABC Playback, the service will offer three streaming Internet channels:
- ABC Catch-up, which will have a range of programming culled from both of the network’s free-to-air TV channels (ABC1 and the digital-only ABC2).
- ABC Real, which will show documentaries and natural history programming
- ABC Shop, a paid download service from which you will be able to both buy and rent programming. Initially, programs will be roughly $3 to rent for a week, and pay-to-own services will come later.
More » 
