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

I've got no problem with the concept, until it kills TV news.  Let's see; we
won't have local newspapers, we won't have local tv, we will have all sorts
of people commenting on things.  Sounds very bad to me.

The trend is a long, long, long way from a tipping point.  Keep me informed
when a producer decides to forego pitching to the networks and decides to
"go nude on the internet."

Might even happen in my life.

John Willkie

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nombre de Tom Barry
Enviado el: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:43 PM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Commentary: Is Internet TV yet another would-be
wedding?



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:
>> 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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