Comments on: Al-Jazeera, Roku and the Future of Online Video

By: LIVEdigitally » Blog Archive » Roku vs AppleTV smackdown

LIVEdigitally » Blog Archive » Roku vs AppleTV smackdown — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:20:51 +0000

[...] I do. The wife doesn’t so I end up watching a lot of it by myself. You can also watch Al Jazeera streaming live on Roku in the event you need more proof as to how f-ed up the world [...]

By: Roku vs AppleTV Smackdown « A Musing

Roku vs AppleTV Smackdown « A Musing — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:05:17 +0000

[...] I do. The wife doesn’t so I end up watching a lot of it by myself. You can also watch Al Jazeera streaming live on Roku in the event you need more proof as to how f-ed up the world [...]

By: Gaven

Gaven — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:23:10 +0000

Cable will not survive while they are still bundling packages and trying to charge usage fee’s for internet. Once broken apart the true innovators can shine. Cable is a dying business and they would be SMART to embrace instead of doing the same thing the Music industry did.

By: Josh Levy

Josh Levy — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:57:13 +0000

Jonathan – Yes, cable companies definitely want to add online video sources to their packages — essentially creating branded Roku boxes — but as you say, this scheme would still confine customers to cable companies’ services (and high prices). It wouldn’t solve at all the problem of choice or diversity of content.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:30:51 +0000

Interesting article, I would beg to differ though with certain points throughout the article. I believe cable companies will begin taking the step towards connecting Live, OTT, and subscription services (Netflix, Hulu) all together into one basic package/service. For example customers will eventually be able to access youtube from their cable companies UI, as long as the customers stay within the NSP’s ecosystem, increasing advertising dollars and continually purchasing VOD content big cable companies will eventually connect the worlds of OTT and live content. Furthermore, NSP’s will increase their services with more interactive applications and services. We are seeing these types of services with Technicolors MediaNavi and Ciscos Videoscape services.

By: Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:47:05 +0000

I think that cable missed a huge opportunity here. The minute that Egypt started to take off they should have been on the phone lining up a deal so that they could show how responsive they are to the needs of their customers. Adding a high profile channel like Al Jazeera when such a huge story is unfolding could have brought new subscribers in. Instead, Roku demonstrates how nimble they are and scores a huge win by adding them to their platform at a time when people want to know what’s happening there. At the very least you would think that cable would offer this a la carte, but I guess that’s just not in their DNA. I’d love to see another “internet news” channel pop up to take advantage of the news vacuum that exists once you cut the cord.