Roku Set-Top Box Gets A/V Aggregation Service

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday July 21, 2009 @01:14PM from the one-box-to-rule-them-all dept.

DeviceGuru writes "Mediafly's A/V podcast aggregation service will be added to Roku's $100 digital video player set-top box this fall, the companies report. This puts the companies on a path to compete directly with Hulu.com. According to Mediafly, its service will provide free access to 'tens of thousands of audio and video podcasts' from NBC, CNN, ESPN, Comedy Central, and other sources. Roku VP Jim Funk notes that Mediafly is using a new Roku Developer Kit to ease the task of developing its add-on for the Roku box. Surely the cable companies are reading the writing on the wall!"

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Cable companies arn't afraid of this. by nloop · 2009-07-21 14:26 · Score: 3, Insightful

Grandpa doesn't use the internet for the internet, he's not going to use it for his TV! This is going to fall into the realm of torrents and text messages, generational.

That and their content is pretty lame.