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According to a post that's just gone live on Boxee's blog, users of
the Boxee Box won't see VUDU or Netflix content on their TVs until
January. We know, the wait will be painful. According to the Boxee
team, VUDU offerings should hit the platform as soon as next week, but
Netflix won't be made available until the end of the month. The
company claims that both services are up and running in its offices,
but more time was needed to "test each application to make sure they
are ready for launch." It's nice to know where we stand, though it
would have been even nicer to get more frequent updates on the status
of these apps, instead of a last-minute blog post on New Year's Eve.
Still, the post has equal touches of hopefulness for the bright future
Boxee sees for home entertainment, and acknowledgment of the massive
challenges the startup faces in the coming year. In their words: "As
we get ready for the New Year tomorrow and CES next week, it's clear
that in 2011 we will be competing with companies that spend more
feeding their employees that we have to pay ours. We're confident
though that our small team will continue to push the envelop of what
people expect from their TVs." Here at Engadget, we're eager to see
how it all plays out, but we're definitely rooting for underdogs like
Boxee who have pioneered so much of what the world is just waking up
to. 2011 is going to be a crazy year!
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