John Willkie wrote:
Pretty close to a whine.
Probably not, but I like that phrase. ;-)My bread these days is buttered a bit more on the side of OTA broadcasting so I'm not completely dismayed.
However if you forget the content ownership for a moment and just count the relative price and capabilities of getting pixels to consumers I think the trend is pretty obvious.
- Tom 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 -----Mensaje original----- De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En nombre de Tom Barry 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:FreeLists.orgOn 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----------------------------------------------------------------------You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at- By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the wordunsubscribe in the subject line.
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