The last Boxee event back in March was a huge success and brought out a huge crowd – but this time the show was even bigger.

You can watch the entire presentation here:

A lot was announced last night and I have included highlights below, but the biggest news was the showcasing of the Boxee Box by Boxee and D-Link

Above is a picture of Avner Ronen, CEO of Boxee, talking about the new device.

You can read the full details of the announcement on the Boxee Beta blog post.

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Recent Tweet from Boxee

and the reply tweet soon after from Pandora

When brands show they are communicating out in the open everybody wins. Now people know that although this may not happen tomorrow, it is hopefully in the works.

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Brands talking to each other on Twitter (Boxee and Pandora)

I like the term Media Engine for Boxee because after some of the announcements this week and descriptions from blogs, I would use my own naming convention.

I use Boxee because it enables me to have one piece of software for all my owned and streaming media needs. Since Boxee provides a way of easily browsing local media I use it to view videos and listen to music that I own. I also use the streaming functions to watch content that comes in through Hulu, YouTube, CBS, and other sources that I have customized via feeds. That is how I watched AirWolf the other day, one of my favorite shows as a kid.

Personally, I have used a third party hack that enables me to use Boxee on my Apple TV. Note: This is not official.

Below is a video from the team at Boxee:

If you are interested in checking out Boxee for yourself, let me know and I will send you an invite.

Full disclosure: I work at Union Square Ventures which has made an investment in Boxee

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