Comments on: Boxee Raises $6M for Content and CE Devices http://gigaom.com/video/boxee-raises-6-million-for-content-and-ce-devices/ Sat, 26 May 2012 10:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Brightcove Signs Distribution Deal With Boxee http://gigaom.com/video/boxee-raises-6-million-for-content-and-ce-devices/#comment-475058 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:40:18 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29661#comment-475058 [...] year, adding partners such as Magnify.net, Major League Baseball, Current and blip.tv. Boxee raised $6 million in August to add content partners and port the platform over to consumer electronics [...]

]]> By: With New Funding in Tow, Boxee Will Head for CE Devices | google android os blog http://gigaom.com/video/boxee-raises-6-million-for-content-and-ce-devices/#comment-475057 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:44:26 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29661#comment-475057 [...] And NewTeeVee adds: [...]

]]> By: With New Funding in Tow, Boxee Will Head for CE Devices | Geek & High Tech http://gigaom.com/video/boxee-raises-6-million-for-content-and-ce-devices/#comment-475056 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:10:25 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29661#comment-475056 [...] NewTeeVee adds: var a_vars = Array(); var pagename=''; var phpmyvisitesSite = 8; var phpmyvisitesURL = [...]

]]> By: Whither Apple TV? | The IT Chronicle http://gigaom.com/video/boxee-raises-6-million-for-content-and-ce-devices/#comment-475055 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:46:45 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29661#comment-475055 [...] is just the latest example of that future. NewTeeVee reports the startup behind the media center software has just received $6 million in venture [...]

]]> By: Whither Apple TV? http://gigaom.com/video/boxee-raises-6-million-for-content-and-ce-devices/#comment-475054 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:01:19 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29661#comment-475054 [...] is just the latest example of that future. NewTeeVee reports the startup behind the media center software has just received $6 million in venture [...]

]]> By: Roku Hits A Home Run With MLB http://gigaom.com/video/boxee-raises-6-million-for-content-and-ce-devices/#comment-475053 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:57:39 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29661#comment-475053 [...] without going through a television operator. And unlike Boxee, which also landed MLB.TV (and $6 million), Roku is truly a hack-free set-top device. (Which also travels [...]

]]> By: Boxee Gets More Funding http://gigaom.com/video/boxee-raises-6-million-for-content-and-ce-devices/#comment-475052 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:29:35 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29661#comment-475052 [...] (via NewTeeVee) [...]

]]> By: Shakir Razak http://gigaom.com/video/boxee-raises-6-million-for-content-and-ce-devices/#comment-475051 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:47:06 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29661#comment-475051 Hi,

Without personally knowing anything specific about boxee, i think the obvious business-model beyond “affiliate-sales” is more likely simple UI-Licensing and Gatekeeping in the way NewsCorp. uses NDS (, what divx does,) and what iTunes did to music-publishing!

By doing the aggregation, and beying technically lightweight without being heavily proprietary, Consumer Electronic manufacturers would be quite happy to pay a nominal cost per unit to off-load all the contract negotiations with content-providers, and having a standardised well-received UI available, rather then the current range of ad-hok deals done by the likes of Panasonic for VieraCast, Xbox, Netflix, etc.

Well, that’s what I’ve wanted to see for over a decade in anticipation of the coming future!

Kind regards,

Shakir Razak

]]> By: Chris Albrecht http://gigaom.com/video/boxee-raises-6-million-for-content-and-ce-devices/#comment-475050 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:25:40 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29661#comment-475050 C’mon timekeeper. You should know that I’ve written my fair share of criticism of Boxee.

When I’ve spoken with Ronen before, he said the company could coast at least throughout this year with their initial funding. Boxee is feeling the heat as others start to get in this space. If it wants to be a player it needs the funds to do so.

]]> By: timekeeper http://gigaom.com/video/boxee-raises-6-million-for-content-and-ce-devices/#comment-475049 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:58:20 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=29661#comment-475049 Yikes.

Looks like lots of risk on the $10M.

Also, if they raised $4M with 11 people their burn is ~$365K per person in less than a year.

Bump that to 20 people and that $6M is gone almost as fast as it came in. The need revenue or someone to buy the company to make this business make sense.

It’s a cool tool/aggregator but I still don’t see a business.

TK

PS> Come on Chris, dig deeper than their press release for the good story.

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