RCA Akimbo Touts Movielink, Free Upgrade

By Geoff Duncan
October 06, 2006

IPTV set-top box maker Akimbo has launched the RCA Akimbo Player, which can download major motion pictures from Movielink and is a free upgrade to current Akimbo owners.

Internet-delivered television is still a niche market, but IPTV set-top box maker Akimbo isn't giving up,launching its co-branded RCA Akimbo Player which combines the ability to download television shows and video via the Internet for viewing on a television with the online movie download service Movielink to offer downloadable versions of recent Hollywood movie releases. And, the RCA Akimbo player will be available for a limited time to current Akimbo owners as a free upgrade from Akimbo's first set-top boxes.

"Now anyone can have an unrivaled video entertainment experience using the RCA Akimbo Player to draw great movies and TV shows from the Internet to their televisions," said Joshua Goldman, CEO of Akimbo, in a release. "The unsurpassed ...

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