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Listen to the interview here) I did a quick interview yesterday with Steve Shannon, the founder and VP of marketing at Akimbo (also of ReplayTV and Macromedia Dreamweaver fame), the IP-VOD-over-TV service to be launched in October sometime. The company announced a deal with Turner Broadcasting to provide Akimbo subscribers with programming from networks such as CNN and Cartoon Network.
I checked out a demo of the system and it is decent, with a nice programming guide and intelligent search features. One things about the Turner/CNN deal..not all programs would be available in the lowest tier of programming ($9.99 per month), Some would be, but some programs would have a different premium tag/tier attached to it. You can also buy individual programs (nice touch).
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