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Rogers poised to launch NextBox 2.0, gives you the option to watch 21 live TV channels on your tablet

By on February 21, 2012 at 10:10pm in Mobile News, Rogers Wireless News


Consuming TV on your mobile device will be massive this year. As customers begin to tune into watch various TV shows on their mobile (phone or tablet), the carriers data revenue increase ever so slightly. Bell has been heavily promoting their live Mobile TV offerings, and now Rogers is up next. We’ve received an image of what is being dubbed as the Rogers NextBox 2.0 – basically a PVR (Cisco) that gives you the freedom to record shows, pause/stop/play, and resume watching in another room on a TV or on a tablet. Apparently there’ll be an Android and an iPad app. This should be launching really soon, unfortunately there’s no details on the Rogers site, a quick Google search reveals thee’ll be launching a promo that gives 6 months free with various TV packages.

Finally, over at Best Buy, their latest flyer gives a greater insight into the upcoming service. NextBox 2.0 is described as giving your ability to “create a TV system at home that allows you to stop what you’re watching in one room and resume right where you left off in another room. You can customize channel guides and search seamlessly without leaving your current program with enhanced interactive guide. And by downloading an app, you can enjoy 21 live TV channels on your iPad or Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet. Add up to 4 Nextbox HD boxes to enjoy content in your whole home… Rogers Hi-Speed Internet service required. Usage will be deducted from customers’ plan”.


2012 will be the year mobile TV and mobile content becomes the norm. We’ll find out more details soon.
(Thanks tipsters!)

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Discussion

28 comments for “Rogers poised to launch NextBox 2.0, gives you the option to watch 21 live TV channels on your tablet”

  1. “This Changes Everything?” Since when did Rogers become the new Apple?

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    Posted by Al | February 21, 2012, 10:13 pm
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  2. wow seriously …”Rogers Hi-Speed Internet service required. Usage will be deducted from customers’ plan” fudge that then. I will gladly switch to bell if I want to watch mobile tv WITHOUT it affecting my data cap (even though it is $1/hr after the 5 included hours)

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    Posted by jan | February 21, 2012, 10:14 pm
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  3. Uhh how about making an app that allow us to watch live tv on our phones and tablets like bell? I already have a pvr at home that I can do all that stuff on. Competition my *ss

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    Posted by Kid.Canada | February 21, 2012, 10:15 pm
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  4. “Usage will be deducted from customers’ plan” Of course and No Thanks,

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    Posted by Robin | February 21, 2012, 10:17 pm
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  5. Watch out for that bandwidth cap! :O

    Rogers should either eliminate boxes altogether, or create small yet power-efficient ones like the Apple TV. Big receiver boxes are power hogs with barely more functions than a VCR. So either make small and environmentally friendly boxes, or just create an “app” for smart televisions.

    That goes to you too, Bell. Thanks for the “free” HD PVR (triple play, got this deal after calling Bell for at least five hours, it seems) but we won’t let your power hog increase our power consumption.

    i can see a few Rogers families that i know use this with their tablets. It would be like a second TV (and “box”) of 7 to 10 inches with some hooking up to an HDMI monitor or TV. But like the Time Warner and Bright House apps in the States, they tie you to your home. Worse, here in Canada, we have caps that limit how much we can watch. Two restrictions which favour Rogers.

    Should you wish to save electricity, please put your PVR on an automatic or manual power switch which turns off the PVR when the TV is off. Keep in mind that the PVR must be plugged in to power and turned on to record shows when the TV is off. But if you completely turn off the PVR when you don’t need to record or watch anything, it can save you a lot on your electricity bills.

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    Posted by Alex Perrier | February 21, 2012, 10:18 pm
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  6. This tablet app is not new. Its been out for months now. The app works quite well, but sadly it only works on a rogers internet connection which really defeats the purpose. Also you cannot view recorded shows from your pvr on this app.

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    Posted by david | February 21, 2012, 10:40 pm
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  7. damn shaw internet plans are like way better than rogers internet plans :s

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    Posted by jay | February 21, 2012, 11:21 pm
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  8. I would rather see an apple tv with a built in software so you can stream or watch tv with your iPad…

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    Posted by sdfsdfsf | February 21, 2012, 11:52 pm
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  9. I watch bell mobile tv all day over wifi

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    Posted by Gian Verster | February 21, 2012, 11:57 pm
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  10. @Gian I thought it was only 5 hours?

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    Posted by Kid.Canada | February 22, 2012, 12:02 am
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  11. i called them its same as rogers for 6 months totally free after they are going to give 6 hours free of mobile tv and they have not decided yet on a rate to charge after that. they might just copy bell

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    Posted by jb | February 22, 2012, 12:11 am
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  12. Well not on wifi kidd i also get the ctv east coast feed in van. And all nhl games but canucks are blackedout…. No nba yet like the ad but ncaa or whats on tsn2

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    Posted by Gian Verster | February 22, 2012, 12:36 am
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  13. If you had an Iphone4s on hand. THat picture would’ve looked a lot better…

    Pce,
    Apple4Life

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    Posted by Apple4Life | February 22, 2012, 1:51 am
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  14. Why not just get a Slingbox, seems my Slingbox / PVR combo has been doing more for years?

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    Posted by Vince | February 22, 2012, 7:25 am
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    • Exactly! +1 for Slingbox

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      Posted by Jim Shorts | February 22, 2012, 8:20 am

    • Bingo. Consumers are so annoying ignorant. And you can use sling anywhere in the world … not just around your house.

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      Posted by jayfunk | February 22, 2012, 5:43 pm

    • Ditto. I always laugh when I see the bell ads – whoa 20 channels of live tv… lol I’ve had my whole cable and Tivo lineup on my phone for like 3 years now.

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      Posted by Jon | February 22, 2012, 8:36 pm

  15. I’ve been doing this for the last year for free with my Windows 7 HTPC, remote potato and remote media center apps for android (I think they have one for IOS as well). I don’t have live TV streams, but you don’t need to be locked into a stupid rogers highly capped connection.

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    Posted by Dani Sar | February 22, 2012, 9:07 am
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  16. A very similar concept as Bell Fibe TV has, which is out in the market for last one year….The only new thing is to watch TV Channels on Tablet…

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    Posted by Vineet | February 22, 2012, 9:54 am
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  17. No way in H E double hockey sticks!

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    Posted by Warren | February 22, 2012, 12:29 pm
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  18. What’s with the blurry picture?

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    Posted by Bob | February 22, 2012, 5:46 pm
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  19. Wow, welcoem to Tivo 15 years ago! AMAZING!

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    Posted by Jon | February 22, 2012, 8:35 pm
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  20. Would be interesting to see if Robbers is going to push this as a software update to existing 8642HD customers…

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    Posted by 2dfx | February 22, 2012, 9:12 pm
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  21. Why just the Samsung Tablet, make it all android Tablets!!!

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    Posted by Androidzer | February 24, 2012, 9:45 am
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  22. @ Androidizer a Rogers tech told me it will work on all Android Tablets they just said Samsung because it was recent promo.

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    Posted by Techie | February 24, 2012, 11:38 am
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  23. Re: tablets – it appears to work on any android or ios tablet, though it might take a few hours to days to actually get through to authenticate.

    And good luck to anyone ‘getting’ an extender … I’ve had two technicians come to my house and 4 phone calls with agents – the techs say that they don’t carry the extenders (they’ve never even heard of them and one asked me to spell it for him) and the phone agents say there is no way in which to have them shipped – they can only be sent with a tech to your house for installation …

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    Posted by rogersvictim | March 14, 2012, 7:44 pm
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