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Posted in IPTV, News on June 14th, 2007. By Eduard F. Vinyamata.
1 Apple plots a DVD player for the broadband era
As explained by Om Malik, Apple’s strategy for Internet Video is based on Apple TV and the iTunes model that has worked so well for their music business. By introducing movie rentals Apple is following their typical strategy
“…it lets the market reach a point of confusion, and then starts offering a service that emphasizes ease of use and elegant out of the box experience.”
So as Apple’s iPod is the current standard MP3 player, should everything work as planned by Apple, Apple TV will become the “DVD player” for the broadband era.
So far haven’t highlighted many P2P IPTV applications beyond Joost. There are some more, but Babelgum is the closest to Joost in financing and development. The following article compares Babelgum to Joost and concludes Joost is the most developed, innovative and content rich of the two.
Regarding Babelgum’s content and general strategy, you might want to read this blog post from a reader of the original TechCrunch link.
3 Will the next ‘Sopranos’ be on the Net?
“After The Sopranos wrapped its final episode Sunday night, it marked the end of one of the most successful television series in the medium’s history, writes USA Today, but what if the next monster hit isn’t on TV at all? What if it was on the Internet?”
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