Boxee live tv problems update#

Last year, the company partnered with Barnes & Noble on the Galaxy Tab 4 Nook, an Android-powered device with a focus on ebook consumption.

Boxee live tv problems update#

It wouldn't be the first time Samsung has tried to craft a more purposeful device out of one of its tablets. Boxee has just released its Live TV dongle, which picks up over-the-air TV broadcasts and plays them through a Boxee Box.Starting today, owners of set-top boxes will also be able to update to. Former Boxee CEO Avner Ronen is also said to have left his role as VP of product at Samsung. er, unique form factor, placement can be a problem otherwise) a coaxial port on the other end connects to an OTA antenna (a miniature, though effective unit is provided in the box). Samsung isn't commenting specifically, but 'dozens' of employees have reportedly been made redundant as a result of the project's shuttering. The Hauppauge-made device plugs into an available USB port (an extender cable is thoughtfully provided, since given the Boxee's. Internal politics вЂ“ as Samsung execs in South Korea supposedly began to doubt so important a project being run at a distance вЂ“ and troubles negotiating with content owners for the sort of tight integration PX would require to be successful seemingly sealed its fate. Lagging development, though, scuppered the CES 2015 reveal Samsung hoped to make, and then a new mid-2015 launch window was replaced by a 2016 target.

Indeed, it's said, even parts of Samsung's own smart TV division were unaware that Perfect Experience was being worked on, as the PX team grew to roughly a reported 100 people.