Comments on: Akimbo, On Cusp Of Big Time? http://gigaom.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:29:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Akimbo, Dot Gone - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-119471 Fri, 23 May 2008 22:13:06 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-119471 [...] nine-year-old company has held onto a skeleton staff that will find a buyer for the company. Akimbo raised over $56 million from big name VCs including Keiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. [...]

]]> By: GigaOM » Do standalone boxes have a chance? http://gigaom.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-119470 Mon, 07 May 2007 02:15:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-119470 [...] From AT&T’s Home Zone box to future devices, possibly from the likes of Linksys (Cisco is an investor), Thomas Frank, CEO & President of Akimbo says, “We simply want to be in everyone’s [...]

]]> By: Michael Sheridan http://gigaom.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-119469 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:32:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-119469 These guys still do not have the mainstream content or movies that the major player have–beyond narrowcasting of documentaries and some other
content, I don’t understand how this warrents this level of investment.

]]> By: Michael Sheridan http://gigaom.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-168608 Wed, 28 Jun 2006 19:32:30 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-168608 These guys still do not have the mainstream content or movies that the major player have–beyond narrowcasting of documentaries and some other
content, I don’t understand how this warrents this level of investment.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-119468 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 04:24:32 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-119468 not even a chance. i think they are selling their platform, software and the aggregated content. hardware is a sucker’s bet for a start-up, especially in the CE space.

]]> By: Dean Collins http://gigaom.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-119467 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:26:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-119467 Do you think this means Akimbo will get back into hardware of set top boxes (after they got out to become a software only solution on the microsoft media center platform) or will the hardware just be built into a new line of Scientific Atlanta boxes?

Dean

]]> By: Jesse Kopelman http://gigaom.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-119466 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 19:47:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/06/25/akimbo-on-cusp-of-big-time/#comment-119466 While true VOD will one day rule all, the Netflix model of using a que to create psuedo-VOD is pretty damn good. My own version of this is a dual tuner HD DVR. Right now I have about 8 HD movies I need to get around to watching. With network TV in reruns I have a shortage of the shorter from program which is easier to get around to watching. Now, the key thing to note is I have Comcast OnDemand, but it is lacking in content (especially HD — why no HBO HD, Showtime HD and such on demand?). So, my point is this; psuedo-VOD with more content choices trumps true VOD with less content choices — i.e. a good oportunity for Akimbo to step in.

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