You can pre-order the Boxee Box now and clearly lots of people are.
I love boxee and will be watching this closely. It’s incredible how many partner relationships you can launch with when your bank account is as big as Google’s is. I hope that this opens the mindshare door at potential partners for boxee more than it shuts them out of potential deals. TechCrunch has more details (on targeting the $70 billion dollar ad spend on television in the US; screenshots of the UI; partnerships with Sony, Logitech, Intel, Dish Network and Best Buy).
When It Comes to Television Content, Affiliate Fees Make the World Go ‘Round
By far the best article I read today. On how the past and present of the TV business effects digital distribution (including why Hulu is moving to a subscription model) and what to expect in the future.
“We wake up every day and there is some new competitor out there — a Roku or a Boxee. People like to think of cable operators as monopolists, but we face a lot of competition just to keep the business we have.”
If the cable providers made any effort to deliver extra value for consumers instead of cable companies, they’d face a lot less competition. The difference between this mentality and that of Jeff Bezos is perfect.
Boxee Blog » Boxee Beta Goes Public, Download Now
The Boxee beta goes public today. Follow the link and you can download it to your Mac, Windows or Ubuntu machine. New UI and loads of new functionality. Check it out!
The UX/UI improvement from the alpha is enormous and I know they are just getting started. It couldn’t be a better time to cancel cable.
