Interesting analysis on Slate today:
“The cable companies have a clear advantage here, as does Microsoft with its Media Center PCs and the enormously popular Xbox. Apple will become a force here on the day when the iPod is expressly designed to plug into your television—not to mention your car stereo and broadband network. If Steve Jobs can make the iPod an entertainment hub, Apple will be the company to beat, a feat it could never accomplish with personal computers.”
Scobleizer 
Robert-
Yup, Slate’s on the right track. They seem to be following the line of thinking that we offered up over at the Social Customer site back in October:
“The very interesting part…iTunes also will be selling TV shows, commercial free, for $1.99 per. The shows will be available on iTunes the day after they are broadcast over-the-air. Not a rental, the show will be owned by the purchaser.
Who should gulp? NetFlix.
Now, let’s take this to the logical conclusion…[warning-speculation!] within three months, Apple enables podcast feeds for the shows, by subscription, for a fixed-price per month (let’s say, I dunno, $14.99 or $19.99 a month) for all-the-shows you can drink. You subscribe to the shows’ podcasts via iTunes. They get automagically downloaded to your iPod the day after they air.
Wait a minute. Let’s look at the specs. The iPod has a TV out connection.
Who should gulp? Not just TiVo, but also the cable companies. They may both have just been disintermediated.”
(from here:
http://www.socialcustomer.com/2005/10/video_ipod_rele.html }
LikeLike
Robert-
Yup, Slate’s on the right track. They seem to be following the line of thinking that we offered up over at the Social Customer site back in October:
“The very interesting part…iTunes also will be selling TV shows, commercial free, for $1.99 per. The shows will be available on iTunes the day after they are broadcast over-the-air. Not a rental, the show will be owned by the purchaser.
Who should gulp? NetFlix.
Now, let’s take this to the logical conclusion…[warning-speculation!] within three months, Apple enables podcast feeds for the shows, by subscription, for a fixed-price per month (let’s say, I dunno, $14.99 or $19.99 a month) for all-the-shows you can drink. You subscribe to the shows’ podcasts via iTunes. They get automagically downloaded to your iPod the day after they air.
Wait a minute. Let’s look at the specs. The iPod has a TV out connection.
Who should gulp? Not just TiVo, but also the cable companies. They may both have just been disintermediated.”
(from here:
http://www.socialcustomer.com/2005/10/video_ipod_rele.html }
LikeLike
MFST had a chance with 360, but they blew it in so many ways. Re-ripping concepts, tied to Media Center, lousy codec support (Major Nelson slagging all H.264, XVID/DIVX’ers as pirates). The still best Media Center ever, is modded ole Xbox running XBMC. Too bad it’s edge market only, extreme quasi-unkosher edge at that. 😦
LikeLike
MFST had a chance with 360, but they blew it in so many ways. Re-ripping concepts, tied to Media Center, lousy codec support (Major Nelson slagging all H.264, XVID/DIVX’ers as pirates). The still best Media Center ever, is modded ole Xbox running XBMC. Too bad it’s edge market only, extreme quasi-unkosher edge at that. 😦
LikeLike
yo Coulter – yeah, you – who is MFST? There’s me thinking you had some sort of loser’s beef against microsoft but it must obviously be some other company that has mortally aggrieved you
LikeLike
yo Coulter – yeah, you – who is MFST? There’s me thinking you had some sort of loser’s beef against microsoft but it must obviously be some other company that has mortally aggrieved you
LikeLike