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Boxee gets MVP on Superbowl Sunday

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Sunday night was a special evening at Boxee HQ. For the first time ever we watched the SuperBowl in stunning HD on the Boxee Box with about 50 friends here in the office and 200+ people on Boxee Live TV!

To mark the occasion, Boxee threw a Superbowl BBQ Blowout… We taught Flip Cup in the boardroom (how appropriate), Beer Pong in the Ping Pong Room, and our now famous Boxee 200″ screen showing the game in the amphitheater complete with . We had Pulled Pork and Brisket Sliders as well as 300 wings courtesy of our friends at Atomic Wings. The only thing more delicious than the wings was the sweet taste of victory for the mighty Giants. At one stage we had the game running on 3 TV’s all running Boxee Live TV over both QAM and ATSC.

Earlier in the week, we challenged you all to throw a better party than us, Our photos are below. If you think you topped it be sure to send your photos to feature@boxee.tv for your chance to win.

OUR BOXEE SUPERBOWL CAKE

BRISKET FROM DAN DELANEY

300 WINGS FROM ATOMIC WINGS ON DISPLAY…TOP THAT IF YOU CAN!!

WHO’S THAT OLD LADY?!

ELI MANNING!

COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE….

As for the celebration, we fired up the Spotify app and threw down Andrew’s Sweet Sweat Box Dance Party Mix. Our legal counsel says we probably shouldn’t include those photos on the blog.

February 7, 2012 at 11:19 am

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Throw a Party, Watch the Superbowl on Boxee, and WIN!!

by Will Robinson

To celebrate the launch of Live TV; Boxee is throwing down the gauntlet, challenging YOU to have a better Superbowl party than us. All you have to do is watch the Big Game on your Boxee Box with Live TV, or stream it over the web (we love cordcutters) to a big screen television for your chance to win.

200″ SCREEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY BOXEE LIVE TV

Prizes will be awarded for:

1. Biggest Party – Custom designed Boxee Live TV shirts for you and everyone we can see in the party photograph.
2. Best Dressed Fan – Awesome Boxee Super Fan Hoodie and “Dippin Dots” T-Shirt
3. Most Original Superbowl Food – Boxee T-Shirt & Stickers (must submit the recipe along with photos so we can taste test)

ATOMIC WINGS…AWESOME STUFF

HILL COUNTRY BBQ

All three winners will also score seats of honor at our SXSW Kegger in Austin. You must be over 21 and find your own way there and back, we don’t want to be stuck with you after the party, unless you’re an android developer…

How To Enter:

Throw a party with at least 5 people watching the Superbowl this Sunday 5/2
Stream the game over the internet or with the Boxee Live TV Dongle
Take Photos/Videos relevant to the above prizes showing evidence of the game inthe background
Send all entries to feature@boxee.tv with the subject ‘Boxee Superbowl Party‘
We’ll pick winners on Wednesday of next week and announce them here on the blog.

Rock On!!!!

January 31, 2012 at 6:57 pm

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One ‘Giants’ Leap for Boxee Live TV

by Will Robinson

Last Sunday we got to do something we’ve never done before on Boxee – watch a championship football game live!

We hosted a group of 33 (30 Giants fans, 3 49er Fans) for a night of live sport, Fette Sau BBQ and a keg of Blue Point Toasted Lager that we threw in for good measure. The game was broadcast live and in glorious HD on a 200 inch screen using our little black Boxee Box and the new Live TV Dongle.

Glorious picture and sound, coupled with great company and a great game. We even saw a few alpha testers tuning into the game in Boxee Live TV’s social channel listings.

View from the Back

Half-Time entertainment came courtesy of Sumo Suit fights between oppositely sized, yet fiercely competitive adversaries. You can check out more photos and video here and share your predictions for the big game next month.

DEFENSE!!!!

In the meantime, you should also go order a Live TV tuner (boxee.tv/live ) so you can add broadcast TV to Boxee.

Oh and Go Giants at Superbowl XLVI!!

January 27, 2012 at 6:34 pm

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Break out the Crayons – It’s time for a Boxee Drawing Competition!

by Will Robinson

Design a Sticker Promotion

Attention all you creative peeps out there, Boxee is looking for a new sticker design and want you to be a part of the creative process.

Simply take our logo and go crazy with it. We have included a couple of basic designs used in the past to provide food for thought.

Designs must be submitted to feature@boxee.tv before Dec 1 2011 with the subject heading: Design a Sticker Promotion.

Prizes

1^st Prize – Boxee Box and Boxee T-Shirt

2^nd Prize – Boxee Box

3^rd Prize – Boxee T-Shirt

The Fine Print:

One email per person
No limit to the amount of designs in the email
Entries to be submitted to feature@boxee.tv
All entries to be submitted before 11:59pm Eastern Time Dec 1^st 2011
Entries from the USA only
Winners will be selected on or before December 10 2011
Participants acknowledge that the design will be property of Boxee after submission
We will announce winners over Facebook and Twitter as well as via Email
The winning designs will be published in our newsletter and blog.
Official Rules here

November 15, 2011 at 12:19 pm

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Grooveshark lurking in the water on Boxee!!

by Will Robinson

We can’t remember what it was like to enjoy music prior to the streaming era that has consumed us all. Since its arrival though, one glaring problem remained: we couldn’t bring our online playlists to Boxee…until now! Grooveshark has arrived on Boxee, bringing some serious music streaming goodness to your home stereo system.

Huge Collection, Past and Present
Grooveshark’s catalogue won’t leave you wanting. Access millions of songs from every genre, from Rock to Classical to Electronic to Folk.

Check Out What’s Popular
The Grooveshark Popular List lets you check out what’s hot at the moment. Keep up with music trends and new tracks without being bombarded by ads (a la commercial radio).

Curate Your Music Library

You don’t have to dig through the mountains of music available every time you build a new playlist. Grooveshark makes it easy for you to build your own personal library. If you see something you like you can add it to your library with just 2 clicks. Then access your library from anywhere you want. Even on your mobile devices.

Create Playlists
Create and save playlists in the app, or any browser, then access them from anywhere.

Queue things up on Grooveshark for Boxee

The app is free to try for a few weeks and if you end up loving it – give up buying one cheap meal a month ($9) and all the music you can stream is on Boxee, your phone, and your computer. Once you’ve got an account – your playlists and music library are loaded up no matter what device you’re using.

To celebrate the launch, we’ve partnered to give away tons of Grooveshark premium accounts and 5 Boxee Boxes – head over to http://boxee.grooveshark.com/ to win!

Tags: Bands, boxee, Grooveshark.Smart TV, music, Musicians, Playlists, Popular, Songs, Streaming Music

August 11, 2011 at 9:01 am

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Boxee and Headweb join forces to deliver a complimentary copy of “The Green Hornet” to Nordic users

by Will Robinson

We recently announced Headweb’s new Boxee app – to celebrate, we’ve teamed up to provide users in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark with a free copy of the blockbuster hit “The Green Hornet”. Headweb’s on-demand movie service has won numerous awards delivering an immersive experience and it’s dead-simple to use on Boxee.

Headweb gives away Green Hornet on Boxee

The offer (available until August 30, 2011) is exclusive to Boxee users, and is just the beginning of a great range of content promotions and exclusive offers we want to reward you with.

Follow these easy steps to redeem your offer:

Register or login online at http://www.headweb.com
Choose “The Green Hornet” out of the extensive movie catalog
Click the “RENT” button
Select “campaign code” as payment method and use the code G5M7K2X9Z8
Once successfully redeemed, return to your Boxee device to enjoy – Popcorn and Soda recommended but not included in the offer

Keep reading the blog for more great promotions with Headweb and other content partners on Boxee.

July 21, 2011 at 9:37 am

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