Comments on: Broadband TV – service layer separating from network layer http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/02/26/broadband-tv-service-layer-separating-from-network-layer/ 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: mspoke http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/02/26/broadband-tv-service-layer-separating-from-network-layer/#comment-747 mspoke Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:59:36 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/02/26/broadband-tv-service-layer-separating-from-network-layer/#comment-747 BitTorrent, what are they doing, essentially a piece of technology and nothing more and they try to make money out of it! Money out of a customer base who actively go searching for content using their technology for the simple reason that it is free. Work that one out... Just got an invite to Joost, looks OK, passed me by in about 5 minutes. You can create whatever distribution system you want but if the content is rubbish I couldn't care less how it reaches me and neither do most non-geeks. BitTorrent, what are they doing, essentially a piece of technology and nothing more and they try to make money out of it! Money out of a customer base who actively go searching for content using their technology for the simple reason that it is free. Work that one out…

Just got an invite to Joost, looks OK, passed me by in about 5 minutes. You can create whatever distribution system you want but if the content is rubbish I couldn’t care less how it reaches me and neither do most non-geeks.

]]> By: mspoke http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/02/26/broadband-tv-service-layer-separating-from-network-layer/#comment-10638 mspoke Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/02/26/broadband-tv-service-layer-separating-from-network-layer/#comment-10638 BitTorrent, what are they doing, essentially a piece of technology and nothing more and they try to make money out of it! Money out of a customer base who actively go searching for content using their technology for the simple reason that it is free. Work that one out... Just got an invite to Joost, looks OK, passed me by in about 5 minutes. You can create whatever distribution system you want but if the content is rubbish I couldn't care less how it reaches me and neither do most non-geeks. BitTorrent, what are they doing, essentially a piece of technology and nothing more and they try to make money out of it! Money out of a customer base who actively go searching for content using their technology for the simple reason that it is free. Work that one out…

Just got an invite to Joost, looks OK, passed me by in about 5 minutes. You can create whatever distribution system you want but if the content is rubbish I couldn’t care less how it reaches me and neither do most non-geeks.

]]> By: alan patrick http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/02/26/broadband-tv-service-layer-separating-from-network-layer/#comment-744 alan patrick Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:21:55 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/02/26/broadband-tv-service-layer-separating-from-network-layer/#comment-744 We've been saying this for 2 years to deaf ears...suddenly YouTube gets bought and its common wisdom ;) Not necessarily just P2P, but alternatives to IPTV are proliferating. BitTorrent is interesting, but needs a lot of work to make it slick. We’ve been saying this for 2 years to deaf ears…suddenly YouTube gets bought and its common wisdom ;)

Not necessarily just P2P, but alternatives to IPTV are proliferating.

BitTorrent is interesting, but needs a lot of work to make it slick.

]]> By: alan patrick http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/02/26/broadband-tv-service-layer-separating-from-network-layer/#comment-10637 alan patrick Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:21:00 +0000 http://www.theequitykicker.com/2007/02/26/broadband-tv-service-layer-separating-from-network-layer/#comment-10637 We've been saying this for 2 years to deaf ears...suddenly YouTube gets bought and its common wisdom ;) Not necessarily just P2P, but alternatives to IPTV are proliferating. BitTorrent is interesting, but needs a lot of work to make it slick. We’ve been saying this for 2 years to deaf ears…suddenly YouTube gets bought and its common wisdom ;)

Not necessarily just P2P, but alternatives to IPTV are proliferating.

BitTorrent is interesting, but needs a lot of work to make it slick.

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