Tameka Kee
Oct 13, 2009 4:17 PM
Ecast, a long-standing digital jukebox-based ad network and content platform, has raised $17 million in funding, per an SEC filing. New investor LG Electronics (SEO: 066570) participated in this round, along with previous backers Foundry Group, Escalate Capital Partners, DCM and Crosslink Capital; Ecast has raised well over $80 million…
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Rafat Ali
Jan 5, 2009 12:46 AM
In the march towards getting “rid of the box” as the going-forward philosophy in the evolving digital home, Netflix has extended its partnership with LG Electronics (SEO: 066570) and embedding its online video service directly into the new HDTVs from the Korean electronics company. LG’s new LCD and plasma “Broadband…
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Rafat Ali
Jul 30, 2008 11:50 PM
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) announced its first direct-to-TV movie partnership with LG Electronics (SEO: 066570) early this year, but was short on details then. Since then, it launched through a low-cost Roku box. Earlier this month it also announced the Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) XBox360 streaming deal. And now, it has announced…
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Rafat Ali
Jan 2, 2008 9:47 PM
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is launching a direct-to-TV movie service, through a dedicated box, as a much-needed progression beyond its mail-by-DVD service: it has tied up with South Korean manufacturer LG Electronics (SEO: 066570) to build the set-top box. LG Electronics didn’t reveal how much the set-top box will cost when…
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