Vimeo and Redbox Instant are coming to Chromecast. Next up: Plex and HBO Go?

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Chromecast, the streaming video adapter introduced by Google (s GOOG) last week, is quickly gaining support from a number of media platforms. Case in point: Vimeo told us it wants to support Chromecast, and we have learned that Redbox Instant is going to support the device as well.

The makers of the Plex media center are also hinting strongly at plans to support Chromecast, and code found by Chromecast hackers seems to stem from efforts to bring HBO Go to the platform.

Chromecast launched last week with support for a limited number of music and video services. Currently, users can stream media from YouTube, Netflix (s NFLX) and Google Play through the websites and mobile apps of these platforms.

Users can also mirror media form additional websites through a Chrome browser plugin, but this feature has been described as beta by Google. A number of additional services, including Pandora, (s…

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