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Blockbuster on Tuesday threw its hat into the increasingly crowded ring of set-top boxes with the announcement of a deal with hardware maker 2Wire. Blockbuster’s system will bring video directly to viewers’ televisions on demand via a broadband Internet connection. The move follows similar offerings from competitors. The Web-connected hardware comes months after chief rival Netflix came out with a set-top box manufactured by Roku. However, Blockbuster’s system draws video from the Web differently, and it charges using a different pay structure.

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Elbowing Into the Set-Top Scene: Q and A With Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes

Blockbuster on Tuesday threw its hat into the increasingly crowded ring of set-top boxes with the announcement of a deal with hardware maker 2Wire. Blockbuster’s system will bring video directly to viewers’ televisions on demand via a broadband Internet connection. The move follows similar offerings from competitors. The Web-connected hardware comes months after chief rival Netflix came out with a set-top box manufactured by Roku. However, Blockbuster’s system draws video from the Web differently, and it charges using a different pay structure.

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Elbowing Into the Set-Top Scene: Q&A With Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes

Movie rental giant Blockbuster announced Tuesday it has teamed with hardware maker 2Wire to launch a content delivery service on the 2Wire MediaPoint digital media player. The set-top box will provide users with direct access to Blockbuster OnDemand content via their televisions. The small set-top box works with either WiFi or a wired broadband connection. It features outputs for composite cable, HDMI, component cable and Toslink. Once connected to the Web, the set-top box will quickly download movies the user selects, said Jim Keyes, Blockbuster chairman and chief executive officer.

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Blockbuster Pits a la Carte Menu Against Netflix’s Buffet

It’s time to fire the cable guy. And the satellite guy. If you have a high-speed Internet connection, you have so many new ways to watch shows and movies on TV that you don’t need those guys any more. I can connect my laptop to my TV to watch YouTube videos and network shows — NBC, CBS, ABC — online. And now that Netflix movies can be watched on Macs, just about any computer can download and play movies. Later, cable company.

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Who Needs Cable and Satellite TV Services?

Apple has been particularly aggressive in setting standards and showing leadership with the iPhone and new MacBooks. They’ve removed FireWire from the MacBook, to many people’s alarm, moved to DisplayPort video technology, and, on the iPhone side, completely disrupted an industry that was asleep at the wheel. And yet when it comes to the digital living room, Apple has shown very little leadership. From time to time, we’ve heard rumors about all kinds of neat ideas for Apple to seize the initiative in casual home theater.

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Apple TV’s Unrealized Potential