Want to know why there is no Apple TV yet? Then check out Fan TV
Fanhattan introduced a flashy new TV device that promises to combine live pay TV with online streaming – but making this actually work for consumers will be challenging.
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Video recommendation engine Fanhattan expands from iOS to the web
Fanhattan, which is like a TV Guide for iPad, has launched out a beta web version with new discovery and recommendation features. On the web, it offers more content recommendations from more providers — 29 on the web, compared to 16 on iOS.
Video: Fanhattan’s new WatchList wants to track all your movies & shows
Fanhattan’s guide to entertainment on your iPad just got a lot more useful: The app added content from new partners, including NBC and HBO, and a new WatchList feature. The idea: Add your favorite movies and shows once, and get notifications whereever and whenever they’re available.
Fanhattan hooks up with Facebook to make video discovery social
Video discovery app maker Fanhattan is getting a lot more social, integrating with Facebook’s Open Graph to allow its users to share what they’re watching with friends. It’s also rolling out a Facebook app for discovering web-based videos from directly within the social network.
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Next Up for Fanhattan: Building a Streaming Box?
Fanhattan just released an iPad app and is working its way onto connected devices. But instead of launching as a channel on someone else’s device, Fanhattan might try to build a device of its own, which would put it up against Roku, Boxee and Apple TV.
Fanhattan Aims To Be Go-To Content-Discovery App In Consumer Electronics
With televisions increasingly capable of IP-delivered video, the cornucopia of content options presents a challenge: How do viewers navigate…
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Fanhattan Takes Content Discovery to the Cloud
Vuze has a novel new product offering it hopes will help users browse and find the content they want on connected devices. The key to making the new offering, called Fanhattan, work is a cloud-based approach to serving entertainment information onto connected devices.
