[opendtv] Re: Google TV Gets A Cool Welcome

  • From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 18:49:47 -0400

At 3:47 PM -0500 11/3/10, Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
"'Blocking access to popular TV shows to some devices, but permitting any Wi-Fi-connected laptop to have full access is certainly not going to sit well with consumers,' In-Stat said. 'And as the set-top boxes get better and better, consumers are going to want more and more of their content delivered 'on-demand' to their TV sets via the Internet.'"

Indeed. And without having to rely on *a* gatekeeper.

If the congloms did not block their content to devices like Google TV, who would be the gatekeeper?

THe paragraph above suggests that there IS no gatekeeper when other devices access Hulu.

So the gatekeeper here must be the congloms...

Regards
Craig


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