* VEVO (Android, iOS) - music videos app, available in a few countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Spain, UK and US.
* Red Bull.TV (Android, iOS) - videos and shows
* Songza (Android) - music streaming, online radio (there's an iOS app, but it doesn't support Chromecast yet)
* PostTV (Android) - news from Washington Post
* Viki (Android, iOS) - "Korean dramas, Taiwanese, Chinese and Filipino dramas, Telenovelas, Japanese dramas and anime, American cartoons, NBC Universal, History Channel, A&E, E! TV shows, as well as movies from Indonesia, Hong Kong"
* Revision3 (Android, iOS) - shows
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* BeyondPod (Android) - podcast manager
* Plex (Android) - media player, Chromecast support only for videos, the app costs $5 (there's an iOS app, but it doesn't support Chromecast yet)
* Avia (Android) - media player, Chromecast support for local videos, music and photos, requires an in-app purchase that costs $3. I tried the app and it works well for local files, but the Google Cast API supports a small number of file formats
* RealPlayer Cloud (Android, iOS) - movie player that stores your videos online, US and Canada only
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"There's no need to huddle around small screens when you can share your own photos and videos using your phone, tablet, or laptop," mentions Google.
From what I tried, the most interesting apps seem to be Songza (for playing online music) and Avia (for playing local files).
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