Sentences with phrase «top box set»

In 2014, Google and Amazon have also released TV top box sets (Amazon Fire TV and Google's Nexus Player) that both have optional game controllers.

Not exact matches

And over all of this looms the continuing possibility that Apple will eventually unleash its gaming catalog on the living rooms of the world by opening its app store to its inexpensive Apple TV set - top box as well.

Screening Room would allow users to rent new movies immediately upon their theatrical release to stream at home through a $ 150 set - top box.

As the year comes to a close, the domestic box office is on pace to set another new industry record just one year after topping $ 11 billion in domestic movie ticket sales for the first time ever.

2016's movie industry highlights include a monster year for Walt Disney, as the Mouse House set a new yearly global box office record, becoming the first studio to ever top $ 7 billion in worldwide ticket sales.

Subscribers can watch on a computer, an app on their phone or tablet, or via a set - top box like Apple TV.

The company also debuted upgraded versions of its Apple Watch and Apple TV set - top box.

Hot on the heels of the price - cut announcement by Apple on its Apple TV set - top box, Roku is beefing up its product line with search and notification features, both of which are designed to make for easier streaming.

Consumers are still open to set - top boxes, says Roku, and it aims to be the last standing against Apple

Squawk Box sets the news agenda in the region every day, bringing viewers news and views from the top CEOs, asset managers and newsmakers as Asian markets open for trade.

Xiaomi already has a presence in the US, however, where it sells the Mi Box set - top box, as well as fitness trackers, smartwatches, and a number of smart home devices, all via its online stoBox set - top box, as well as fitness trackers, smartwatches, and a number of smart home devices, all via its online stobox, as well as fitness trackers, smartwatches, and a number of smart home devices, all via its online store.

Under the partnership, OSN customers will gain access to the Netflix platform through a new set - top box that is slated to launch towards the end of the second quarter of the year.

The set - top box, which is finally launching in Canada in August as the Sony Internet Player, brings Android apps and web browsing to the TV.

So you could be looking at a very different set - top box relatively soon — if you use a set - top box at all, that is.

But the iPhone's poor performance overshadowed a couple of other more positive surprises: iPad sales weren't as bad as they could have been and sales in Apple's «Other Products» division, which includes the Apple TV set - top box, Apple Watch, and Beats headphones, jumped after a string of declines.

If cable companies were once the gods who delivered TV content from their version of Mount Olympus, then the set - top box was their chosen instrument — one to which they alone had access and controlled.

Amazon already has an in - house gaming studio that makes games, and its Fire TV set top box was designed to attract gamers.

In a recent public statement about the move, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler — who happens to be a former head of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association — said that for too long, the set - top box has been a boon for cable and satellite companies but a bane for users.

For example, subscribe to Verizon's FiOS triple play, and the tech installs a wireless router connected to a TV set - top box / digital video recorder that's actually a 160 GB server.

Like Netflix, it'll run on a host of devices including tablets, phones, Xbox 360 consoles and set - top TV boxes.

According to the company, its X1 smart set - top boxes are part of the reason, since they have more Internet - related features than the old style and appeal to more users.

Amazon (amzn) disclosed the number in Seattle during a media event during which it announced new products like a premium version of the Echo speaker, the Echo Plus, and an updated version of its Fire TV set - top box.

And that issue is far better tackled with a set - top box than a set.

The result would be a set - top box similar to AppleTV but expanded with cable offerings.

The new set - top box adds voice search, motion control and a touch pad at a starting cost of $ 149 (the Roku 3, which has all of that except the touch pad, sells for $ 99 in Canada).

As TV devices like Google's Chromecast and the Roku box proliferate, it becomes easier to stream almost anything to a television, and even cable companies are being pressured by the Federal Communications Commission to open up their set - top boxes to outside providers.

You can also watch the event on any iPhone, iPad, or iPod running iOS 6 or later, and you can also watch the live stream through a second - or third - generation Apple TV set - top box.

Set - top box Roku, which helps users play online video on their TVs, is also coming to Canada this year, joining devices like Boxee and Microsoft's Xbox console.

We've recommended Roku's latest set top boxes in the past, but Amazon's Fire TV Stick is a worthy alternative, especially if you're a Prime member.

Just when the war for the living room couldn't get any hotter, here comes Amazon with the Fire TV set - top box.

But, now that the new Apple TV promises gaming capabilities, some wonder if the set - top box could become a real contender in the video game market.

That has been the question on many Apple watchers» minds over the past week after the company unveiled the Apple TV 4K set - top box at its iPhone event.

However, he still found it difficult to overcome the set - top box's lofty price tag.

The company then invited two game developers on stage to show off the new games that will appear on its set - top box, as well as the system's new controller, which is designed to enhance the Apple TV's gaming experience.

Aside from the Pixel 2, Google might also discuss new updates to other devices, including Chromebook computers and set - top boxes running on its Android TV service.

At its Sept. 9 event, Apple (AAPL) announced new updates to the Apple TV, a set - top box that supports applications and includes a touch - friendly Siri Remote.

The iPhone maker is planning to unveil a new Apple TV set - top box at a press event next month that will come with support for 4K resolution, The Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing sources.

And it will be available on a plethora of platforms, including tablet, mobile, online, Xbox 360 and set top boxes.

There's currently 2,624 apps available for download for Apple's newest set - top box, according to the report.

«The fact that its offered on the set - top box is not only something that consumers were really clear with us that they wanted, but it makes it a very different opportunity than what Netflix is and it actually keeps people engaged in that cable subscription,» said Williams.

With all the PVRs, game consoles and media - streaming set - top boxes out there, plenty of households are having to deal with this unseemly problem.

Set - top streaming boxes are thus coming under pressure from both ends — from smaller, cheaper and more convenient USB - like dongles, and «smart» televisions with software and interfaces that are indeed smarter, as opposed to the dog's breakfast that many of them have been so far.

They're rumored to commemorate the hotly - anticipated launch of the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus and perhaps its reported new Apple TV set - top box, all right on time for the start of the holiday shopping season.

The Santa Monica, Calif. - based company last year signed an agreement to deliver its games via Xiaomi's televisions and set - top boxes, and next month will go live on certain Alibaba set - top boxes.

Earlier, he dropped an effort to create competition for cable TV set - top boxes and cancelled investigations into whether Verizon and AT&T had violated the net neutrality rules by favoring their own streaming video services.

The idea here, as it was when the FCC first voted to «open up» the set - top box in February, is to make it so you don't have to lease a cable box from a cable provider to watch cable TV programming.

In past years, it began investing heavily to branch out from its online retail roots, delving into Hollywood - style content production as well as developing a line of tablets, smartphones and set - top boxes to accelerate the sale of digital content.

Tom Rogers, TiVo president & CEO, discusses the latest features in TiVo's new set - top box, including the ability to skip ads.

Of course, the move would also cost them billions in revenue — the FCC estimates that the average American household pays $ 231 in set - top box rental fees per year, a number that's only gone up over the past couple of decades.

John Bergmayer, senior counsel at Public Knowledge, said in a statement: «The modified approach [FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler] has described today addresses the legitimate concerns raised by [the pay - TV industry] while preserving the benefits to the public, and fulfilling the congressional directive that requires the FCC to ensure that viewers do not need to rent set - top boxes from their providers.»