Boxee Alpha Opened for Mac, Ubuntu, and Apple TV

Today Boxee opened their alpha to all Mac, Ubuntu and Apple TV users. Windows is also moving into private-alpha.

New Applications in this Release:
- BBC iPlayer (UK users only) - we could not ignore the calls from our London-based users for proper iPlayer support. it is a huge success in the UK (bigger than Hulu in the US), and it provides access to a huge selection of tv shows and radio in great quality. too bad it is only accessible from the UK.. BBC-if you want worldwide viewers, we’re here with open arms!
- Joost - in the survey of video applications you wanted to see on boxee, Joost was #1 (iPlayer was #2..). Joost has a great content library with TV shows, web videos, music videos and movies. you can browse the different channels and search through the entire Joost library.
- MTV Music - when MTV Music launched a couple months ago it got great reviews from users. it is a perfect service for the TV. we started by letting users play music videos from artists they come across on boxee. now you can go into the MTV app and conduct searches by Artist/Song or just browse.

For keyboard users:
-  + TAB - lets you switch to other Mac apps (even when boxee is in full screen)
-  + F - toggles between Window mode and Full screen.
- shift + letter - jump to the place in the list that starts with that letter (e.g. shift+h will save you a bunch of clicks to get to Heroes on Hulu)


Bug Fixes & Enhancements:
- dual screen support
- Netflix streaming improvements
- Search in Hulu
- ffwd, rewind, pause in Comedy Central
- improved mouse support
- 3 digits episode numbers recognized
- giving folder.jpg its proper priority
- updates to SMB library
- updates to video and audio playback libraries
- updates to Flash player

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