IndustryGamers: TransGaming has announced that it has acquired the Interactive TV & Connected TV division of Oberon Media for $7 million in stocks and cash. This will grant the company additional revenue via distribution agreements with a number of leading … Continued
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Roku Streaming Stick set to compete with Apple TV
AllThingsD: Today, the company is unveiling plans for its Roku Streaming Stick, a flash-drive-sized dongle that plugs into the back of television sets to enable the same streaming capabilities as a Roku box. Roku is leapfrogging Apple by offering a … Continued
Rogue Amoeba marks Mac App Store debut with Piezo
Mac software developer Rogue Amoeba has announced the release of Piezo, a new audio app for the Mac. It’s available for free download from the Rogue Amoeba Web site and can be purchased either from there or from the Mac … Continued
Netflix boss: ‘We got overconfident’
Julianne Pepitone, for CNNMoney: “We did so many difficult things this year that we got overconfident,” Hastings said. “Our big obsession for the year was streaming, the idea that ‘let’s not die with DVDs.’” Netflix CEO Reed Hastings’ comments came … Continued
∞ Survey: Qwikster name doesn't resonate with consumers
Erik Sherman, for BNet: …according to a quick survey done of 500 consumers by brand naming company Strategic Name Development, Netflix may have stepped into one of the worst muck holes it could have: blowing the name of its DVD … Continued
∞ Netflix rebrands DVD service Qwikster
Netflix will soon call its DVD mailing service Qwikster and will branch out to video game rentals. The revelation comes from Reed Hastings, the service’s decidedly more contrite co-founder and CEO, who sent out an e-mail to subscribers entitled “An Explanation … Continued