Boxee to stop development of the pc-version media software

Boxee Inc. has released version 1.5 of his eponymous mediacentersoftware released. This will be the last version that users can run on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The new release is until the end of January 2012 to download.

The company informs that on his blog. The downloadable version of Boxee currently offers approximately eighty-five percent of the capabilities that separate Boxee Box on board. Some premium apps are not available because the drm at the different Boxee versions are not identical. In addition, the recently announced Live TV-module with the pc version.

The company thinks that only a few people in the future have a separate computer on their tv to close down, and cease therefore, the development of the pc version. Users also in the future with new versions of Boxee want to work will the Boxee Box media player have to purchase. This media player will be available in January an update to version 1.5.