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Boxee streaming News, Sports, and Music en Español with Prisa

Today we have 3 huge Spanish language HTML 5 app releases coming from Prisa: AS.com, Los 40, and El Pais.

AS.com
Get all of your sports news from Football and Basketball to formula 1 in the AS.com app. It brings match results, video highlights, articles and analysis of games in an easy to navigate format for your TV. The app’s also got team specific news for football fans, just click the team badge and AS.com will only show articles relevant to your team.

Los 40 brings you Top 40 hits in a radio style format. Listen to music while browsing the current top 40 list or checking out Los 40’s music news page to get the latest info on the artists you care about.

The El Pais app offers headlines and breaking news from one of the world’s premier Spanish language newspapers. Get the latest political, economic, and social news along with a comprehensive video and photo archives covering current events. You can also view the latest football standings, although for more detailed information you’ll want to check out the AS.com app.

Rejoice – the app is available for Spanish speaking Boxee Box users around the globe.

September 28, 2011 at 11:16 am

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WSJ Live, live and on-demand news on Boxee

by Nick

This morning, we’re launching WSJ Live into the Boxee App Library, bringing original live news programming from The Wall Street Journal to Boxee. The app also offers thousands of free on-demand video from across Dow Jones’ network of sites.

WSJ Live will begin to offer 4 hours of live news every day coming on shows like News Hub, Markets Hub, Lunch Break, Digits, Mean Street, and Opinion Journal in the coming week. That’ll be at least 2 more hours of actual live news every day than WSJ Live’s cable news counterparts.

The app also offers breaking news updates, exclusive interviews, and special events coverage. With original content pouring in from Dow Jones’ army of journalists at publications like Dow Jones Newswires, Barron’s, Marketwatch, SmartMoney and AllThingsDigital this app is going to quickly become invaluable to any news-junkies on Boxee.

So hop into the app now and check out live news from WSJ Live and over 2,000 on-demand videos from WSJ’s great news sources.

September 13, 2011 at 11:46 am

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Boxee and Crunchyroll want you to win a free Boxee Box

by Gervis Menzies Jr.

It’s been a month since we released Boxee for iPad. What better way to celebrate than to team up with our friends at Crunchyroll and give you all a chance to win a brand new Boxee Box.

Crunchyroll, the leading source for Japanese Anime and Asian Drama, is available on the Web, iPhone, iPad, Android, and (most importantly) on Boxee, delivering a wide selection of high-quality streaming content everywhere.

This competition is open to Crunchyroll users worldwide, so just sign in (or sign up) at Crunchyroll.com and take a couple minutes to fill out a quick survey here. The competition ends Sept. 14 and we have several to give away, so if you’ve been trying to win a new Boxee Box, this is your opportunity to give your living room the box it’s been waiting for.

September 7, 2011 at 4:36 pm

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SEC Digital Network’s killer college sports app on Boxee

by Nick

SEC fans rejoice! Today, SEC Digital Network is launching their Boxee app. The app is loaded with videos covering all that SEC sports has to offer.

Here’s a roundup of what’s available on the new SEC Digital Network app:

SEC Today
News and highlights, these daily updates keep you up to date on any major developments from around the conference. SEC Today also offers team previews for all of SEC football.

Specials
Watch classic documentaries focused on SEC Sports, profiles of great SEC players who’ve gone pro, or interviews of current SEC coaches.

Full Games
Rewatch some of the greatest SEC games of the past 20 years. Plus watch many of the best football games from last season. All of the games are totally free to watch, so stop worrying about wearing out those VHS tapes of last season’s football games and stream some of the best games whenever you want.

My Library
Shop the SEC OnDemand streaming VOD store for a library of over 700+ full-length historic and current SEC games. This season’s games are available as soon as midnight the following Saturday. All videos you buy there are automatically accessible on Boxee through the SEC Digital Network app’s My Library section.

Any true SEC sports fan will have to check this one out. With great news and video that’s not available anywhere else, the app will be a perfect complement to your season.

September 1, 2011 at 1:24 pm

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