TiVo Premiere now loaded with Flingo LaunchPad, nets more than 70 video apps

If that TiVo Premiere of yours still doesn't have enough content sitting in its memory to satisfy your appetite, you're in luck, as Flingo's LauchPad on-demand video platform has just been baked into the hardware. Now, channel surfers can stream content from more than 70 video apps from the likes of A&E, CollegeHumor, Crunchyroll, History, Showtime and others. LaunchPad for TiVo will also feature exclusive content, but details regarding just what it might be are scarce. In addition to the bevy of streaming options, users can even "fling" online videos from other devices to their television screen with the aid of a bookmarklet. Ashwin Navin, Flingo co-founder and CEO, tells Venture Beat that he'd like to implement the firm's SyncApps second screen tech into TiVo's box, but that won't be coming in the near future.

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TiVo Partners with Flingo to enable Rapid Video Publishing and App Deployment on TiVo Premiere Set-Top Boxes

Flingo's LaunchPad Platform Combines the Best of Web and TV Entertainment with Social Sharing Capabilities

San Francisco, Calif. – February 14, 2013 – Flingo, the world's largest publisher of Smart TV apps, today announced that TiVo Inc. has integrated Flingo's LaunchPad video platform into TiVo® Premiere set-top boxes, bringing over seventy streaming on-demand video applications to viewers' TVs for instant streaming. In addition to the streaming video channels previously available, TiVo Premiere owners now have access to Flingo's complete portfolio of applications, including video content from TMZ, A&E, History, Showtime, TV Guide, and over fifty other content partners, plus exclusive access to new content developed specifically for TiVo subscribers through the "Launchpad for Tivo."

"People are demanding access to online streaming content from the comfort of their own living room, and TiVo's offerings has evolved to support that demand," said Tara Maitra, SVP and general manager of content & media sales at TiVo Inc. "Flingo's platform and wide range of apps makes it possible for TiVo to offer even more choices to our viewers, and we're excited to work with Flingo."

"TiVo changed the way we watch television forever," said Ashwin Navin, CEO and co-founder of Flingo. "Working with TiVo allows us to drive further innovation into the world of TV by offering the consumer substantially more content diversity and unparalleled social features in the living room."

Premiere owners have access to Flingo's complete portfolio of applications today.

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Netflix now streaming 'House of Cards' season premiere at no cost, hopes you get hooked

Netflix Makes First Episode Of House Of Cards Available To Non-Members For One Month Beginning February 1, 2013
Highly-Anticipated and Critically-Acclaimed, Original Series Starring Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright and Kate Mara Premieres In all Netflix Territories Today
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Netflix is making available to everyone in all Netflix territories the first episode of the highly-anticipated, critically-acclaimed drama series "House of Cards" to enjoy for one month, beginning February 1, at netflix.com/houseofcards.
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"The creative team in front of and behind the camera have delivered a riveting 13-chapter narrative that we're proud to present to Netflix members today," said Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix. "By offering the first episode for free, including to non-members, we are opening up this fascinating world for everyone to see and are confident they'll want more."
Current Netflix members are now able to watch the entire 13-episode first season of the drama series, in territories where Netflix is available – U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland, Latin America, Brazil and the Nordics.
From director David Fincher ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," "The Social Network"), who directed the first two episodes; award-winning playwright and Academy Award® nominated screenwriter Beau Willimon ("Farragut North," "The Ides of March") and Academy Award® winner Eric Roth ("Forrest Gump," "Munich"), "House of Cards" is based on the BBC miniseries of the same name. This wicked political drama starring Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright and Kate Mara slithers beneath the curtain and through the back halls of greed, sex, love and corruption in modern Washington D.C.
An uncompromising exploration of power, ambition and the American way, the series orbits Francis Underwood (Spacey), the House Majority Whip. Underwood is the politician's politician – masterful, beguiling, charismatic and ruthless. He and his equally ambitious wife Claire (Wright) stop at nothing to ensure their ascendancy. In addition to Spacey, Wright and Mara, the series stars Corey Stoll ("Midnight in Paris"), Kristen Connolly ("The Cabin in the Woods"), Michael Kelly ("The Adjustment Bureau") and Sakina Jaffrey ("Definitely Maybe").
"House of Cards" is executive produced by Fincher, Willimon, Joshua Donen, Eric Roth, Spacey, Dana Brunetti, Andrew Davies, Michael Dobbs and John Melfi. The one-hour drama is produced by Donen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger Street Productions, Inc. in association with Media Rights Capital for Netflix.
About Netflix:
Netflix is the world's leading Internet television network with more than 30 million members in 40 countries enjoying more than one billion hours of TV shows and movies per month, including Netflix original series. For one low monthly price, Netflix members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on nearly any Internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments. Other upcoming Netflix original series include Eli Roth's murder mystery "Hemlock Grove;" the fourth season of the critically acclaimed comedy "Arrested Development;" Jenji Kohan's series "Orange is the New Black," which stars Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon and Jason Biggs; the Ricky Gervais comedy drama "Derek;" and the second season of "Lilyhammer," which stars Steven Van Zandt. Learn more about how Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is pioneering Internet television at www.netflix.com or follow Netflix on Facebook and Twitter.

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