Get ready for an app explosion, Roku says -- including ones from cable providers.

2/13/2012 8:36:38 AM

Roku, maker of set-top boxes that stream media like Netflix and Angry Birds to TVs, is hoping its new Streaming Stick will offer all the bells and whistles of "smart" TV sets.

1/4/2012 6:59:16 AM

Boxee, maker of that irregular-shaped video-streaming device with the nifty Qwerty remote, is turning its focus toward TV boxes and tablets, and away from its PC software.

12/26/2011 4:32:50 PM

Important new products and services—including Ultrabooks, cloud computing and Android devices—raised questions and anticipation for the year ahead.

12/21/2011 6:04:22 PM

Walt answers a reader's question on whether a Mac operating system can run on a Windows PC, and more.

9/7/2011 6:02:29 PM

Walt answers a reader's question on set-top boxes streaming movies in high definition.

8/31/2011 6:00:59 PM

Walt reviews three set-top boxes that make it easy to bring Internet content to your TV, minus the wires, mice and keyboards.

8/24/2011 6:04:16 PM

Yes, there are still places you can't see Angry Birds yet. Roku wants to fix that.

5/31/2011 9:01:13 PM

It's not unprecedented--this also happened back in 1992--but it's certainly going to set off alarm bells.

5/3/2011 6:10:14 AM

Roku, the company whose boxes make it easier to get Web video onto your TV, may find it easier to get into your house: The device-maker is going to start selling through Best Buy--its first deal with a national retail chain. Roku has previously sold its gadgets, which are designed to work with video from Netflix, Amazon, Hulu Plus, etc., direct to consumers. It said it passed the million unit sold benchmark late in 2010.

3/30/2011 5:30:09 AM

What do you do once you sell your digital media business for $315 million? Start another digital media business! Ken Lerer, Brian Bedol, Patrick Keane and Jim Pallotta bet on video with Bedrock Properties.

3/28/2011 5:30:20 AM

Netflix revealed it is in the process of implementing "an extensive Facebook integration" on Wednesday, marking a significant change from its previous absence from the social Web.

1/27/2011 12:00:57 AM

The revamped $99 Apple TV streams content from online, computers and portable devices, and allows you to rent TV shows and movies, but has a very limited selection of Internet video sources.

12/1/2010 6:02:15 PM

Google TV, the latest attempt to integrate Web video and regular TV, is a bold effort, but it is ultimately too complicated for mainstream use.

11/17/2010 6:07:11 PM

It's not the half-off sale Hulu had discussed, but it is a discount. And it comes two weeks after the premium service's formal launch.

11/17/2010 4:18:57 AM

Time to clear up what Boxee is trying to do with its Boxee Box: Think Netflix, not Roku.

11/12/2010 6:43:02 AM

Since its inception, Apple has reimagined the personal computer, the portable music player and the cell phone. Why not the TV as well? In a Monday note to clients, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster suggests the company will do just that in the next two to four years, but only after it launches a new cloud-centric version of Apple TV.

8/16/2010 6:27:04 AM

Google TV could change the way people watch television. Really. Forrester analyst James McQuivey asserts in a blog post today that Google TV has a chance to succeed at redefining the consumer television experience in a way in which Apple TV, Roku, Vudu, Boxee and various other combatants have not been able to do.

6/10/2010 1:19:28 PM

Three years ago at D5, Apple CEO Steve Jobs described Apple TV as a hobby. And since then, the company has continued to describe the digital media receiver that way. Indeed, COO Tim Cook referred to it that way at a Goldman Sachs conference this past February. Today Jobs told us why: Apple has no interest in a market that precludes it from rolling out a viable go-to-market strategy.

6/1/2010 11:49:50 PM

Much has happened since Apple CEO Steve Jobs last appeared on the D stage. At that time, in May 2007, the iPhone hadn’t yet arrived at market, the app ecosystem it would usher in was still gestating and the iPad was simply a long-running rumor.

6/1/2010 5:45:49 PM

Watching live sports on television via the Web may have just gotten easier. Starting Monday, Web-to-TV software company Boxee will distribute the National Hockey League’s Game Center Live online video content. In addition, the National Basketball Association is set to announce a similar partnership with Roku, maker of a digital video player that streams Netflix and Amazon Video on Demand via the Web, for the distribution of NBA digital video content, beginning with some of this season’s playoff games.

4/19/2010 9:58:31 AM

Walt answers readers' questions on streaming Netflix movies to a TV without a PC, buying a a PC good for word processing, and more.

4/7/2010 6:01:45 PM

This week: A video visit with, some questions for and a few pertinent stats about Chris Wetherell and his creation, Brizzly, a Web-based social media reader.

11/6/2009 12:05:01 AM

Yet another sign that revenue-free start-ups can still attract investors, given the right pitch: Boxee, the software company that makes it easy to get Web video onto your TV, has raised a $6 million B round led by General Catalyst. I'm told the new round pegs the company's value in the $25 million to $30 million range. What's the appeal? The chance that the company could play a role in the disruption of the $70 billion TV business.

8/12/2009 8:46:07 AM

Netflix executives spent a lot of time yesterday playing up the success of their online streaming video offering, but won't say how many of their customers are using it. Here's one educated guess: at least 20 percent.

1/27/2009 11:59:13 AM