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Interesting. If this little spat picks up some steam (i.e. more public exposure) it could get fun.
Above, Mr. Zucker says the original decision was made by Hulu’s management. That is correct, but as Jason Kilar (Hulu’s CEO) wrote in his post, the request came from NBC. “Our content providers requested that we turn off access to our content via the Boxee product, and we are respecting their wishes.”
A glimpse into the future.
Been there, done that. And no, the studios don’t get it yet.
A great read.
Okay, so this is today’s reality. You’re paying somewhere between $25 and $75 for your broadband Internet connection. And another $45 to $110 for your television cable access… What if you could just stream those TV shows from the Web on your flat panel, any old TV. You could cancel your TV cable and save real money.
I was hoping this would be a performance of a song from MuteMath’s upcoming album. No such luck. But still a good performance.
01/15/2009
I think it says a lot about this show that I’ve only watched the first two seasons so far and I’m already lamenting that fact that its done.
(via Subtraction)
Plex looks sexy. It’s this kind of stuff that makes me want to run out, buy a Mac Mini, a kickass tv, and stop watching media only on my computer.
Sadly, it doesn’t seem to operate as well as it looks. I still want to give it a whirl though.
(via @Hicksdesign)
There have been some rumblings lately regarding the disappearance of some movies (and tv shows) from Netflix streaming and the iTunes store. This article tells us that the culprit is mostly TV licensing deals.
The part that caught my attention is the defense by the film/tv studios: they’re not willing to kill (or even just modify) an existing business model to help out a new one (the internet).
I think they’re missing something critical. I think there is a leapfrog event happening. I skipped right over things like Tivo or on-demand cable (one of the ways a license deal can get something pulled from the net) and I generally no longer watch any form of on-air tv: cable, antenna, satellite or otherwise. If tv/film wants to reach me, it has to be through the internet. And I know I’m not alone.
The insistence of the industry to adhere to their old business models could get to the point that they miss out on an entire segment of their potential audience. A segment that is growing.
I don’t know why I was watching the season premier of 24. It was on Hulu, I happened to be browsing Hulu; my mouse slipped and wham: there was Jack.
You can think what you want of the show (and its apparently horrendous color-correcting—am I right people?!), I’m just encouraged to see the folks who are normally behind the scenes getting more exposure in front of the camera.
But in all seriousness, 1:06:40 in, how did this slip by?
Just last week I wrote a post on how little TV I watch on my actual TV. Well, after talking with my housemates, we decided to pull the plug, literally. We called up our cable company and asked them to cancel our TV service. No landline. No cable TV. What’s next?
I haven’t sat down in front of a TV in weeks, even months. But just tonight I got caught up on The Simpsons, watched a piece of 60 Minutes that Jason Fried had tweeted about and later I’ll probably watch a movie. I’m a fan of Prison Break, but hadn’t seen any of season 3 or 4 until last week. Netflix got me caught up on season 3 and Hulu on season 4.
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