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  Say goodbye to Apple's third-generation Apple TV

  The fourth-gen Apple TV with tvOS, App Store, and Siri remote is Apple's priority.

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  Watch Catch Up TV through the AerialBox T2100 set-top box

  A new set-top box from DishTV, called aerialBox T2100, is said to be the first set-top box of its kind to be certified for FreeviewPlus, allowing you to watch Catch Up content from its main interface.

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  Austar developing local media "wonder box"

  Regional pay television operator, Austar (ASX:AUN), is developing a cross-platform user interface that could aggregate and beam content to multiple devices simultaneously, in an effort to maintain the company’s viability under the National Broadband ...

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  IDF 2010: Intel Atom-based DVRs to run embedded Windows Media Center

  Acer and ASUS DVRs powered by the Intel Atom C4100 processor have been shown at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.

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  Freeview launches online TV guide

  Freeview, which is a marketing platform for Australia’s free to air digital television channels, has upgraded its online TV guide.

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  MIPS to demo Android TV set-top box, netbooks

  MIPS Technologies continues its push to use Google's Android mobile OS in a range of products with plans to show off the first Android-based set-top boxes and netbooks at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.

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  Seven's TiVo gets more storage, video on demand

  From 1 December, a TiVo HD set-top box will be available with a 320GB hard drive for $699. The original 160GB model will have its price cut by $100 to $599. The TiVo's distributor, Hybrid Television Services, is owned by the Seven Media Group which r...

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  Cisco to buy Chinese set-top box business

  Cisco Systems will buy a Chinese set-top box maker as the country works to digitize all cable television by 2015, creating market opportunities for Cisco, the company said late Monday.

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  Foxtel to give away iQ boxes, launch thirty new channels and offer TV downloads

  In a gargantuan effort to maintain its user-base and attract new subscribers, pay television provider Foxtel will give out iQ digital video recorders to new customers, as well as offer thirty new channels and a digital download service that allows su...

• Report: Blockbuster Set To Release Set-Top Box

  Attention movie aficionados: Blockbuster is reportedly in the process of building a set-top box that can stream movies to your TV. Responding to Microsoft's Xbox 360's movie downloads and Roku player's Netflix rental services, Blockbuster is also try...