Spark to up investment in Lightbox

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#1242820 20-Feb-2015 09:16

While the only thing I can confirm right now is Chromecast support, we're in the midst of building multiple new clients that will come online in the next three months. I just can't tell you what they are yet. Rampant speculation is absolutely allowed.

Lightbox - we are online TV.

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#1242827 20-Feb-2015 09:21

Haha, Rampant speculation are what online forums are best at.

MarkCerny

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#1242846 20-Feb-2015 09:42

This will probably give me an excuse to buy a Chromecast!

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#1242848 20-Feb-2015 09:48

Lightbox: While the only thing I can confirm right now is Chromecast support, we're in the midst of building multiple new clients that will come online in the next three months. I just can't tell you what they are yet. Rampant speculation is absolutely allowed.

Where do you guys stand on the Roku? Amazon now ships this directly to NZ (I had to use YouShop a year ago to get mine) so what does that mean for us?

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#1242853 20-Feb-2015 09:55

MileHighKiwi:
Lightbox: While the only thing I can confirm right now is Chromecast support, we're in the midst of building multiple new clients that will come online in the next three months. I just can't tell you what they are yet. Rampant speculation is absolutely allowed.

Where do you guys stand on the Roku? Amazon now ships this directly to NZ (I had to use YouShop a year ago to get mine) so what does that mean for us?

My personal preference would be a MediaPortal plug-in! :-p

But Chromecast I think would be fantastic. (Got one). A good Android App would mean I could put it on my Amazon Fire TV too. (I had a geektastic Christmas).

Killerkiwi2005

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#1242873 20-Feb-2015 10:10

Html5... mediaportal or kodi :) pie in the sky raspberyypi

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#1242874 20-Feb-2015 10:11

geeks would love kodi, but lets face it, it will probably never happen.

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#1242883 20-Feb-2015 10:19

I wonder how much a package of top shows goes for when they are put up for auction? I'm thinking whomever has the most money at that point is probably going to get the lions share of the NZ streaming market - lets just hope its not Sky or anyone else that doesn't do HD.

I don't believe you will see any one service "win", as we see in the US each service ends up with exclusive content so if you want to see all of the shows you need all of the services.

Personally I'll stick to Amazon, Netflix and Hulu for now but if all the shows I watch become available in NZ in HD on a single device I'll look to change.

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#1243030 20-Feb-2015 13:29

I don't believe you will see any one service "win", as we see in the US each service ends up with exclusive content so if you want to see all of the shows you need all of the services..

You don't need to have them all at the same time, the lack of yearly plans etc means you can have netflix for a month then lightbox for a month etc. I think that’s why they manage to co exist

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#1243036 20-Feb-2015 13:39

No point in chromecast support while only supporting a handful of devices.

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#1243052 20-Feb-2015 13:56

Some decent web & mobile designers would be nice...

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#1243057 20-Feb-2015 14:06

I think supporting A set top box would be a great idea.

For the people that don't have a samsung TV - what is their option.

I'd say Chromecasts are a bit beyond joe user, so something like the Roku would be amazing.