Comments on: Internet TV, or InterNOT TV http://gigaom.com/2004/10/29/internet-tv-or-internot-tv/ The Business of Technology Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:31:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2004/10/29/internet-tv-or-internot-tv/#comment-4241 Jesse Kopelman Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/10/29/internet-tv-or-internot-tv/#comment-4241 Internet TV will be huge, but when? Home broadband connections need to get faster and networked multimedia players need to get cheaper and better. Both of those things will eventually happen. A lot depends on how all these RBOC FTTH/FTTC rollouts go. Anyone who has used VOD can see the potential of Internet TV. Internet TV will be huge, but when? Home broadband connections need to get faster and networked multimedia players need to get cheaper and better. Both of those things will eventually happen. A lot depends on how all these RBOC FTTH/FTTC rollouts go. Anyone who has used VOD can see the potential of Internet TV.

]]> By: john mcclenny http://gigaom.com/2004/10/29/internet-tv-or-internot-tv/#comment-4242 john mcclenny Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/10/29/internet-tv-or-internot-tv/#comment-4242 Not going to happen as a general end to end over the internet solution anytime soon - the public internet just doesn't have the bandwidth for many people to adopt this technology. On a private network, as a near-edge to consumer product, it might work. But considering how hard it has been for Tivo to get mass adoption with a much stronger consumer value proposition, it seems unlikely that these early entrants will survive. Not going to happen as a general end to end over the internet solution anytime soon - the public internet just doesn’t have the bandwidth for many people to adopt this technology.

On a private network, as a near-edge to consumer product, it might work. But considering how hard it has been for Tivo to get mass adoption with a much stronger consumer value proposition, it seems unlikely that these early entrants will survive.

]]> By: firstmiler http://gigaom.com/2004/10/29/internet-tv-or-internot-tv/#comment-4243 firstmiler Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2004/10/29/internet-tv-or-internot-tv/#comment-4243 Om, the morphing of Internet and TV is inevitable but the business case is currently the stumbling block (as it is in most cases). IP Set Top Box prices are one of the keys, as these finally ebb below $100 per unit, the business case will begin to come into line. I am not sure the Akimbo type model will work in the face of MSO competition, a full service MSO offering will always be more compelling than a specialty "overlay" type solution such as Akimbo's. fm Om, the morphing of Internet and TV is inevitable but the business case is currently the stumbling block (as it is in most cases). IP Set Top Box prices are one of the keys, as these finally ebb below $100 per unit, the business case will begin to come into line. I am not sure the Akimbo type model will work in the face of MSO competition, a full service MSO offering will always be more compelling than a specialty “overlay” type solution such as Akimbo’s.
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