Opens Development Library for Other Developers to Create Boxee Apps
JACKSONVILLE, FL--(Marketwire - October 13, 2009) - Cliqset today announced the public
availability of its application for real-time conversation on Boxee, the
first "social" media center.
Leading the trend in socializing online-video and making the Web more open
and engaging, Cliqset's Boxee application lets users chat with their
friends in real-time while watching TV episodes, movies or other
entertainment on Boxee. The unique application built for TVs allows viewers
to keep up with what their friends are doing across over 70 social
networks. To make it easy to find exactly what they're interested in, users
can filter by the type of activity (tweets, photos, reviews, etc.) and
have conversations in "real" time, like in "real" life. To connect to
Cliqset's Boxee application, sign up for Boxee at http://www.boxee.tv and
then add the Cliqset application from the Boxee App Box.
Cliqset's real-time community is
a place where people can share, discover and discuss content with friends
from around the Web. In our continued effort to support and foster openness
and innovation on the Web, Cliqset is also making available its development library so that other
developers can write real-time applications for Boxee.
"We've built Cliqset to springboard engaging conversations about any topic
and Web content that users find interesting -- including online-video,"
said Darren Bounds, president and co-founder of Cliqset. "Boxee has built a
great experience that makes it easy for people to share what they're
viewing across the Internet. We share a vision -- where the future of the
open Web, online entertainment and social networks are intersecting -- so
we jumped at the chance to complement their community by bringing in
real-time conversations using Cliqset."
"Boxee is changing what people expect from TV and working to develop new
ways to interact with what they're playing, online and offline," said Avner
Ronen, Boxee CEO. "As real-time interaction becomes more important, Cliqset
is giving people a new way to interact around entertainment. Cliqset's app
is a great way to enhance Boxee users' experience as they've built a
digital 'watercooler,' an app that has stretched what's possible on our
platform."
Boxee's free software, which helps people bring all of their entertainment
to a computer or HDTV, has grown rapidly since its launch last June. The
company's innovative platform allows people to access free high quality
online TV shows, movies, music and photos in addition to their local media
in an interface that's optimized for a TV and remote. More than half a
million people have downloaded the software for Mac, Linux and Windows
computers. You can learn more about Boxee from http://www.boxee.tv.
About Cliqset
Cliqset is a real-time community that makes it easy for people to share,
discover and discuss content with friends from around the Web. Cliqset is
privately held and based in Jacksonville, Florida. For more information,
please visit: www.cliqset.com.
Connect with Cliqset:
On Cliqset: http://cliqset.com/user/cliqset
Blog: http://blog.cliqset.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/cliqset
Contact Information: Contact
Jennifer Gazin and Megan Soto
cliqset(at)launchsquad(dot)com
415.625.8555