[opendtv] Re: Commentary: Is Internet TV yet another would-be wedding?

Pretty close to a whine.  The better way of saying it: mostly, Internet TV
is crap, since high-quality producers tend to be more interested in
high-quality distribution systems.

Aren't you glad that "the Blair Witch Project" changed everything.  I once
had an investor on the line who wanted to invest in "something like that"
but not a "movie" or media project.  I hope he used the money on something
more worthwhile, like illegal drugs.

John Willkie

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Enviado el: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 5:39 PM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Commentary: Is Internet TV yet another would-be
wedding?

Much of the problem with Internet TV is most of the prime content is 
controlled by folks that don't really want Internet TV yet.

- Tom


Kon Wilms wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Manfredi, Albert E
> <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Very timely article. I'll stick with my previous comments on the
>> subject, i.e. that Internet TV can work fine as long as it's TV, and not
>> the sort of heavily interactive experience people prefer doing, and have
>> become accustomed doing, sitting up to a PC, with keyboard, and
>> typically alone.
>>
>> "In contrast, the Widget Channel uses a thin bar along the bottom as a
>> default. It's not about browsing -- it's about pushing content."
> 
> A thin bar with pushed content? This is something new? Yawn!
> 
> The problem with internet television on a television is not the fact
> that it is interactive -- it's the fact that the input mechanisms
> (mouse and keyboard) are antiquated. We need gesture control for one
> thing. Until the CE industry realizes this, they will just continue to
> flounder and push nonsense like 'push widgets' as newfangled
> technologies.
> 
> Cheers
> Kon
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