Comments on: The BitTorrent Entertainment Network disappoints http://www.mediacoolhunting.com/archives/the-bittorrent-entertainment-network-disappoints Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:23:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Tessa http://www.mediacoolhunting.com/archives/the-bittorrent-entertainment-network-disappoints#comment-9 Tessa Mon, 05 Mar 2007 17:30:07 +0000 http://www.mediacoolhunting.com/archives/the-bittorrent-entertainment-network-disappoints#comment-9 Thanks for pointing to those reviews of BitTorrent. I'm disappointed as well --- as I was hoping this would be a serious tv-over-the-web option. Perhaps I was overoptimistic. I think a lot of these ventures will be unsuccessful until there is a solid, advertising-supported model in place for watching content online. (Shelly Palmer posted <a href="http://advancedmediacommittee.typepad.com/emmyadvancedmedia/2006/10/tvvideo_web_inv_1.html" rel="nofollow">a pretty solid analysis of this </a> recently, which seems to hit on the head.) I must say though -- I'm not surprised about BitTorrent failing. Napster has failed as well. It doesn't seem like "a sure thing" to turn a piracy-based business into a mainstream, legitimate company. - Tessa Thanks for pointing to those reviews of BitTorrent. I’m disappointed as well — as I was hoping this would be a serious tv-over-the-web option. Perhaps I was overoptimistic.

I think a lot of these ventures will be unsuccessful until there is a solid, advertising-supported model in place for watching content online. (Shelly Palmer posted a pretty solid analysis of this
 recently, which seems to hit on the head.)

I must say though — I’m not surprised about BitTorrent failing. Napster has failed as well. It doesn’t seem like “a sure thing” to turn a piracy-based business into a mainstream, legitimate company.

- Tessa

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