Boxee is a free cross-platform media center and entertainment hub with social networking features that is a fork of Open Source XBMC media center software. As a "'Social Media Center", Boxee enables i... More
When online video powerhouse Hulu recently released its own application for watching video, many observers interpreted the move as explaining why Hulu had asked open source media center player Boxee to remove support for its content. Hulu had been the number one type of content that Boxee users watched. Over at NewTeeVee, you can watch a video interview with Boxee CEO Avner Ronen, where he discusses the release of Hulu's competitive application. He holds out hope that Boxee and Hulu can mend fences, and claims that Hulu's move validates the worth of media applications like Boxee. Check it out.
As reported on DeviceGuru and the Boxee blog, there is now a new Linux version of the Boxee open source media center application, including support for Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope (9.04). The new release adds many of the features that have already made it into the Mac OS X and Windows versions of Boxee, including App Box (a Boxee application store), Pandora and RadioTime for radio, and a customized browser that offers support for what Boxee officials have said is the number one form of requested content on its platform: Hulu. With Boxee out in rich, flexible versions on multiple platforms, there could be even more opportunities for hardware bundles and other commercial opportunities than ever.
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