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1.18.2012 11:00AM
AOL today announced the AOL HD app is available for download on Sony Internet-enabled devices. The announcement continues the momentum from AOL HD’s launch on connected devices including Samsung, Google TV, Roku, Boxee, DivX TV and Yahoo! Connected TV... Read More...
10.28.2011 11:00AM
AOL today announced the AOL HD app is available for immediate download on Samsung Smart TV and Google TV platforms. The announcement comes on the heels of AOL HD's July 2011 launch on Roku, Boxee, DivX TV, and Yahoo! Connected TV. The expansion signals AOL's commitment to reaching new audiences, providing high quality content at scale, and innovating and engaging on new platforms in the connected TV industry... Read More...
By Jon Orlin | 10.19.2011 9:00AM
TechCrunch TV is now really TechCrunch TV. When TCTV launched last year, the focus was on viewing our videos on the computer. Not on TV. Ok, we called it “TechCrunch TV” because it sounded a lot better than “TechCrunch Video”. But today, we are launching on the AOL HD platform and you can find us on your connected TV set. Read More...
By Rob Delacruz | 7.27.2011 9:00AM
Over the past 2 months, Rob Cabacungan, Rob Gould and I (collectively known as "The Robs" or "R^3") have been busy building an AOL experience for connected televisions that is entertaining enough for your living room, yet simple enough for your remote control. So we are pleased to introduce AOL HD. AOL HD offers a broad array of video and audio content in a single app and is currently available on Boxee, Roku, Yahoo Connected TV and Divx. Read More...
By Andrew Kippen | 7.27.2011
If you’re old enough, you remember the days when “the Internet” was synonymous with AOL. They ran a CD by mail outfit that could have covered the entire United States with shiny plastic discs. With your “50 free hours!” you got mail!, a dial-up connection, and an incredible assortment of curated news, video, and audio. They laid the groundwork for most of us to experience the Internet for the first time (although we’d been using BBS’ since 2400 baud). Fast forward to today, and AOL has become a bastion of high-quality video content that we’re very happy to open up today. Here’s a quick snapshot of what you’ll get with the app: Read More...
By Richard Lawler | 7.27.2011 10:18AM
Gather round everyone, while you may have gotten used to accessing Engadget via the browser or any one of our mobile apps, starting today we're ready to come home in one more way: on your TV. Launching on Boxee, Roku, Yahoo! Widgets and DivX is a new AOL HD package which includes a channel full of our videos ready for viewing on big screens. This way, when you want to kick back and enjoy a new hands-on video, The Engadget Show or any of our other content it's only as far away as your remote control, which is probably also your phone, PC or tablet. Read More...
New App Instantly Streams AOL Original Online Content in High-Def to Television Platform with Boxee, Roku and More
New York, NY (July 27, 2011)
– AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) today announced the launch of AOL HD, a dedicated app that will deliver rich high-definition video content experiences to users across multiple connected TV platforms including Boxee, Roku and Yahoo! Connected TV. AOL HD will allow consumers to engage with high quality AOL video and audio content for free by streaming online offerings directly to users’ television sets. Utilizing the latest connected TV platforms in the marketplace, AOL HD will extend AOL’s video strategy to deliver content to its audience across multiple screens: computer, mobile and now television. Read More...