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Entertainment
YouTube Shuts Down API Access, Blocks Set-Top Boxes
6:59AM John Herrman | There are two ways for a device to access YouTube: either through the regular web interface (i.e. Flash) or for cleaner integration, through its back-end APIs. As of December, Google is shutting off the tap. Update. More »
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What A Paid Hulu Could Look Like
6:06AM John Herrman | AllThingsD’s Peter Kafka is busy dousing concerns that recent statements by News Corp’s Chase Carey—that “It’s time to start getting paid for broadcast content online”—mean that Hulu is going to die, dead. More »
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10:30AM Nick Broughall | Today’s report in the Herald Sun that AFL chief operating officer Gillon McLachlan has recently discovered that AFL matches are being streamed online via services like Justin.TV just goes to show how incredibly out of touch the people who make decisions about TV sports rights are. More »
The AFL Just Realised People Watch TV Online
10:30AM Nick Broughall | Today’s report in the Herald Sun that AFL chief operating officer Gillon McLachlan has recently discovered that AFL matches are being streamed online via services like Justin.TV just goes to show how incredibly out of touch the people who make decisions about TV sports rights are. More »
Screens
Vudu 1080p Streaming Movies Come To Connected Mitsubishi TVs
11:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Like LG before them, Mitsubishi is embracing the HD streaming video awesomeness of Vudu with two new HDTVs: a 46-incher at $US2800 and one at 52 inches for $US3300. More »
Software
Microsoft Silverlight Now Supports GPU Video Acceleration
7:05PM John Herrman | Download links are live for the latest version of Microsoft’s softly maligned not-Flash plugin, and they come bearing gifts. Ars breaks the new features down: More »
Software
RealPlayer SP Rips, Converts, Shares And Syncs Internet Video
5:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Real’s new RealPlayer SP software, currently in beta, adds functionality to rip YouTube and other streaming videos from the Internet and get them onto whatever handheld you choose. It works well enough, but it’s also crammed full of unnecessary features. More »
Software
SlingPlayer iPhone App Might Be Delayed by AT&T
7:59AM Matt Buchanan | Sling submitted their iPhone app almost a month ago. Rumours suggested it was rejected altogether thanks to AT&T. Sling says they’ve gotten no word from Apple either way. But it’s definitely looking delayed right now. More »
Entertainment
Hulu iPhone App Coming, and It’s ‘Badass’
5:19AM Matt Buchanan | Sweet jesus. Alley Insider reports Hulu is developing an iPhone app that’ll stream over 3G and Wi-Fi, and it’s “badass.” It’ll hit “within a few months.” I’ve been dreaming of this moment since Joost’s app. More »
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FyreTV Review: Porn Streams Beautifully Onto Your Bedroom TV
4:00AM Jason Chen | We’ve covered the original and wireless FyreTV boxes already, but the porn-on-your-TV streamer has finally gotten to a point where it’s stable and usable. And it really is great. More »
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