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Comcast is trying out a little something new this back-to-school season. At select colleges, Comcast will offer its "Xfinity On Campus" service that lets college students watch live TV and On Demand content on their Internet enabled devices, including laptops, tablets, and smartphones while on campus. Students don't have to pay any extra for the service -- it's included with room and board if they're living in on-campus housing. Starting this fall, Xfinity On Campus will be available at Bridgewater College, Drexel University, Emerson College, Lasell College, and the University of Delaware. In addition, Comcast says several schools will trial the service this fall, including Massachusetts Institute...
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Spotify, a digital music service, recently launched in the U.S. This music on demand service has been widely popular in Europe. The service offers millions of tracks that are ready to play instantly from your computer or phone. Thanks to the Logitech, you'll also be able to enjoy Spotify music in your living room by means of the Logitech Squeezebox Touch Wi-Fi music player and Logitech Squeezebox Radio Wi-Fi music player. In order to use Spotify from the devices however, you'll need a Spotify Premium subscription. This Premium subscription will give you unlimited, ad-free access to the entire Spotify music library as well as access to exclusive content and special offers. With Spotify and Squeezebox...
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Now this is an idea worth acting upon. Amazon's Disc+ On Demand program has just been expanded, which hopefully makes it large enough to make a serious impact on the industry. If you haven't heard of the program before, it's probably because it's small. Basically, it enables customers to instantly watch movies on Amazon Video On Demand that they have purchased on DVD or Blu-ray. If you can prove that you own the disc, you can watch it on-demand. Pretty useful! The initial program is being expanded to support more and more titles today, with over 10,000 eligible titles now on the list. Titles range from new releases to timeless classics, and the complete selection of Disc+ On Demand movies can...
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Both Blockbuster and TiVo confessed that a partnership was in the works, and now we've finally got the confirmation we so desperately yearn for. Starting right now, TiVo owners (that includes Series2, Series3, TiVo HD and TiVo HD XL users) can access Blockbuster's growing library of On Demand films right from their set-top box. No extra boxes required, no going to the movie store--just fire up your TiVo (like you do every night anyway!) and get the renting.The movie streaming service has been a long time coming on TiVo; we've been waiting since the original announcement in March. But now that it's here, users can look forward to film rentals ranging from $2.99 for classic hits to $3.99 for new...
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Amazon customers, watch your e-mail inboxes carefully today. You might be one of the select few who get invited to try out Amazon's new Video On Demand Service, which is scheduled to rollout today for a limited, invitation-only debut. The rest of us schlubs will have to wait until later in the summer to check it out. Unlike Amazon's Unbox service, which is a download-only proposition, Amazon's new Video on Demand service will stream movies and TV shows directly to your computer. Amazon's Unbox service requires proprietary software and runs only on Windows-based computers and TiVo set-top boxes. Right now, our only source of information about the Amazon Video on Demand service is from the New...
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