Boxee, the media hub maker, announced in January that it’s gearing up to unleash Boxee pay TV as well as its Boxee Box. It promised it would arrive in the summer and with that just around the corner, it’s just inked a deal with a payment system provider. Looks like a Boxee pay TV service really could be arriving soon…
Boxee has signed an agreement with Vindicia which makes the CashBox payment processing system. It can deal with currency exchanges and VAT which bodes well for a British Boxee pay TV roll out.
Using Cashbox to power the payment handling side of Boxee pay TV would also allow you to use credit cards, gift cards and PayPal to snaffle up shows. World of Warcraft maker Blizzard uses the system as does anti-virus software giant Symantec.
Boxee plans to turn itself into a payment platform allowing anyone to sell their show. It’ll take 30% of the takings in an arrangement that could easily appeal to networks and studios that currently turn to iTunes.
We’ve already got Boxee squirrelled away on our Apple TV but can’t wait to get our hands on a Boxee pay TV service. Let us know what you think of Boxee and whether you’d be tempted by a store.
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