Comments on: Internet TV – it’s the end of the world as we know it http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/ Nic Brisbourne's view from London on venture capital and exploiting change in technology and media Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ways to fall asleep http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-6869 ways to fall asleep Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:56:11 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-6869 I think the answer to all your questions is or will eventually be yes. Don't forget Google is a media company I think the answer to all your questions is or will eventually be yes. Don't forget Google is a media company

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]]> By: Netflix launches a set-top box « The Equity Kicker http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-2071 Netflix launches a set-top box « The Equity Kicker Tue, 20 May 2008 11:14:29 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-2071 [...] argument can be extended to set-top boxes generally. As I’ve said before, I don’t expect them to be a feature of the living room for much [...] [...] argument can be extended to set-top boxes generally. As I’ve said before, I don’t expect them to be a feature of the living room for much [...]

]]> By: The Equity Kicker » Blog Archive » More on the future of TV http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-516 The Equity Kicker » Blog Archive » More on the future of TV Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:44:30 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-516 [...] The presentation uses value chains as a framework to analyse TV and chimes well with a lot of what I wrote in Internet TV the end of the world as we know it, internet TV and the future of set top boxes, and why internet tv will mean the end for channels. [...] [...] The presentation uses value chains as a framework to analyse TV and chimes well with a lot of what I wrote in Internet TV the end of the world as we know it, internet TV and the future of set top boxes, and why internet tv will mean the end for channels. [...]

]]> By: The Equity Kicker » Blog Archive » Why internet TV will mean the end for channels http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-443 The Equity Kicker » Blog Archive » Why internet TV will mean the end for channels Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:31:10 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-443 [...] This is a second follow up post to Internet TV - the end of the world as we know it.  In the original post I argued that the internet might be more disruptive to TV than people realised, in the first follow up post I gave more detail on why IMHO there is no future for set top boxes.  This one explains in more detail why I think TV channels as we know them will also disappear. [...] [...] This is a second follow up post to Internet TV – the end of the world as we know it.  In the original post I argued that the internet might be more disruptive to TV than people realised, in the first follow up post I gave more detail on why IMHO there is no future for set top boxes.  This one explains in more detail why I think TV channels as we know them will also disappear. [...]

]]> By: The Equity Kicker » Blog Archive » Internet TV and the future of set top boxes http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-426 The Equity Kicker » Blog Archive » Internet TV and the future of set top boxes Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:01:45 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-426 [...] This is a follow up to my post last Internet TV - its the end of the world as we know it.  There were many comments (for which thank you all) which were the result of some fairly bold statements, a couple of which deserve a little more consideration.  This is about the future architecture for the home and the place for set top boxes.  I will write another about the future for channels and what consumers might want. [...] [...] This is a follow up to my post last Internet TV – its the end of the world as we know it.  There were many comments (for which thank you all) which were the result of some fairly bold statements, a couple of which deserve a little more consideration.  This is about the future architecture for the home and the place for set top boxes.  I will write another about the future for channels and what consumers might want. [...]

]]> By: Fred Destin http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-415 Fred Destin Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:06:48 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-415 This is a good post but I disagree with a few items, most notably that STB's disappear or that programming stop to matter. STB's are much better than PC's at delivering a dedicated media centric experience. I think the future is one of dedicated high performance devices that are updated seamlessly and configured on the web. In the world of 10,000 channels programming in fact matters deeply. GoogleVideo fails because it is built on a pure search paradigm. Users cannot all do their own programming, in fact the mainstream wants programming. And programming does not stem only from crowdsourcing. You will need a mix of "evolved" linear programming and user filtering. Finally there is an important issue with quality. The internet is not a broadcast network and services like Akimbo offer a quality that is not sufficient for most. Maybe the Venice Project has the answer; but in the meantime broadcasting infrastructure will continue to matter for any full length, quality sensitive content (unless suddenly the download model becomes ubiquitous, but that would assume elegant or no DRM). This is a good post but I disagree with a few items, most notably that STB’s disappear or that programming stop to matter.

STB’s are much better than PC’s at delivering a dedicated media centric experience. I think the future is one of dedicated high performance devices that are updated seamlessly and configured on the web.

In the world of 10,000 channels programming in fact matters deeply. GoogleVideo fails because it is built on a pure search paradigm. Users cannot all do their own programming, in fact the mainstream wants programming. And programming does not stem only from crowdsourcing. You will need a mix of “evolved” linear programming and user filtering.

Finally there is an important issue with quality. The internet is not a broadcast network and services like Akimbo offer a quality that is not sufficient for most. Maybe the Venice Project has the answer; but in the meantime broadcasting infrastructure will continue to matter for any full length, quality sensitive content (unless suddenly the download model becomes ubiquitous, but that would assume elegant or no DRM).

]]> By: Fred Destin http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-10416 Fred Destin Sat, 18 Nov 2006 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-10416 This is a good post but I disagree with a few items, most notably that STB's disappear or that programming stop to matter. STB's are much better than PC's at delivering a dedicated media centric experience. I think the future is one of dedicated high performance devices that are updated seamlessly and configured on the web. In the world of 10,000 channels programming in fact matters deeply. GoogleVideo fails because it is built on a pure search paradigm. Users cannot all do their own programming, in fact the mainstream wants programming. And programming does not stem only from crowdsourcing. You will need a mix of "evolved" linear programming and user filtering. Finally there is an important issue with quality. The internet is not a broadcast network and services like Akimbo offer a quality that is not sufficient for most. Maybe the Venice Project has the answer; but in the meantime broadcasting infrastructure will continue to matter for any full length, quality sensitive content (unless suddenly the download model becomes ubiquitous, but that would assume elegant or no DRM). This is a good post but I disagree with a few items, most notably that STB’s disappear or that programming stop to matter.

STB’s are much better than PC’s at delivering a dedicated media centric experience. I think the future is one of dedicated high performance devices that are updated seamlessly and configured on the web.

In the world of 10,000 channels programming in fact matters deeply. GoogleVideo fails because it is built on a pure search paradigm. Users cannot all do their own programming, in fact the mainstream wants programming. And programming does not stem only from crowdsourcing. You will need a mix of “evolved” linear programming and user filtering.

Finally there is an important issue with quality. The internet is not a broadcast network and services like Akimbo offer a quality that is not sufficient for most. Maybe the Venice Project has the answer; but in the meantime broadcasting infrastructure will continue to matter for any full length, quality sensitive content (unless suddenly the download model becomes ubiquitous, but that would assume elegant or no DRM).

]]> By: alan patrick http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-405 alan patrick Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:30:30 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2006/11/15/internet-tv-its-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/#comment-405 And some comments on the comments: Re social networks, social media etc - yes, its part of the story - but the big thing will be owning the metadata. Or designing a must have CPE PC of course. Re Google...it is now (imho) mainly an Ad Media business and is interested in Search (or Video) insofar as it transports Ads....but this too will change when every home owns an IP Video pipe....and Video search is very different so another player may be able to bypass / acquire a bypass company. One of the current debates (aka the Netflix Gambit) is that there is not enough uncontended broadband capacity. We shall see....... We are writing a more complete article on all this, plus the Mobile element, should get it finished in the next week or so. And some comments on the comments:

Re social networks, social media etc – yes, its part of the story – but the big thing will be owning the metadata. Or designing a must have CPE PC of course.

Re Google…it is now (imho) mainly an Ad Media business and is interested in Search (or Video) insofar as it transports Ads….but this too will change when every home owns an IP Video pipe….and Video search is very different so another player may be able to bypass / acquire a bypass company.

One of the current debates (aka the Netflix Gambit) is that there is not enough uncontended broadband capacity. We shall see…….

We are writing a more complete article on all this, plus the Mobile element, should get it finished in the next week or so.

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