Kon Wilms wrote: >> 1. Why should content owners go to Intel, when these content >> owners already have so many other portals to get their stuff >> out, including their own web sites and jointly owned ones like >> Hulu, or other new portals that seem to pop up daily? > > So that Intel can make another try at selling chips to the > market segment under which they have been largely eliminated, > duh! Using an approach that is practically guaranteed to fail? There has to be a reason for the content owners to use Intel for this purpose, and I see none. On the other hand, Intel could do what it might understand and do well, as I suggested in #3. Which is not to become a copycat cable service. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.