Samsung Acquires Boxee - $30m

[EricX2]

http://www.boxee.tv/

http://mashable.com/2013/07/03/samsung-buybought-boxee/

http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/03/samsung-acquiring-boxee-for-30m-report-says/

 

 

We’re pleased to announce that the Boxee team will be joining Samsung.

We started on this journey six years ago, and have been at the forefront of the changing TV and video landscape. We believe that over the next few years the video market will change even more than it has in the past few decades.

Joining Samsung means we will be able to work on products that marry the best hardware and software in the TV space, products that will be used by tens of millions of people and will help to shape the future of TV.

We are excited about the next chapter for our team.

For Boxee users, we’re working behind the scenes to ensure there’s minimal impact to your devices. However, the beta Cloud DVR functionality we provided to certain Boxee TV users will be discontinued on July 10th. You will not have access to your existing recordings after that date. We realize many of you loved the service, and we’re sorry it won’t be available moving forward.

We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve built, and we want to thank you for being a part of our journey.

Sincerely,

Team Boxee

 

One would assume it would be added into upcoming Samsung TVs and DVD players, either replacing or merging with the current Smart TV software.

 

Losing all your recorded items is definitely one of my main concerns going to a cloud based recording service so that really sucks for the current customers. There are lots of advantages, access from anywhere, potentially unlimited space... but this seems like a drawback I'd be most worried about. Even with my physical DVR I like to make a backup using my TV capture card for anything I really want to keep. Yes, sometimes I watch stuff more than once, maybe that's weird.

[Keystone Nyan Cat]

Am I the only one who thought of her after reading ''Boxee''?

[obsidian1200]

That's a shame about the cloud DVR service. I wonder how this will affect the D-Link Boxee boxes and the free distribution of the software for HTPC use. Hopefully it won't change those things, and bring out a new competitor in the streaming set-top boxes market.

[Hyydrah]

Am I the only one who thought of her after reading ''Boxee''?

No.  :P

[EricX2]

Am I the only one who thought of her after reading ''Boxee''?

Um... I will NOW!

 

I thought everybody knew who Boxee was, maybe only those who made HTPCs. :)