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  1. Like ESPN360? by antdude · · Score: 1 · on Epix Provides "Free" HD Studio Content Via TV and Internet

    I think this is like ESPN360 like AT&T ISP can show this, but not TWC's RoadRunner.

  2. Re:the sad thing is by 2muchcoffeeman · · Score: 1 · on News Corp Will Charge For Newspaper Websites

    For all intents and purposes, newspapers have been getting paid by advertising for years. I doubt the $0.50 I have to put in the box for daily newspaper covers the cost of the trees they have to cut down. Why can't the online advertising model work as well?

    No, the cover price doesn't cover it. Subscription/per-copy sales profits are only a small source of revenue.

    Online advertising revenue doesn't come close to the per-column-inch model of print because online advertising prices are absurdly low by comparison. You'd have to jack per-click or per-page-view rates up a lot to even make half of what print advertising still brings in, to the point that advertisers would scream bloody murder if you did so. And then what happens when you factor in online-ad-blocking software like AdBlock Plus? That obviously eats into online advertising revenues.

    One way or another, you-the-reader are going to pay for access in the future, whether via individual site subscription fees (like this proposal or like ... well, pr0n) or blanket fees paid by your ISP and then passed on to you (the cable-TV-like model used by ESPN's ESPN360 service). The latter model enables ISPs to price competitively and advertise that they offer access to certain sites their competitors can't, but it's not taking off at the moment.

  3. ESPN360 by cashman73 · · Score: 1 · on ESPN's Play To Make ISPs Pay
    I subscribe to Verizon DSL (FiOS not available yet) and receive access to ESPN360 this way. The university I work for also subscribes to this, so I can access the site from on-campus. Content wise, I am happy with the offerings -- they have a very good selection of college football and basketball games, and quite a few NBA games as well. There's also some other, less popular (at least in the USA) sports available, like soccer and such. Technology-wise, the service keeps up and provides a good quality signal throughout the game -- not quite HD quality, but certainly watchable, and equivalent to non-HD cable broadcast.

    That being said, their ISP-subscription model, while better than a customer-based subscription model (nickel-and-diming the customer for content?), still sucks. I'd much prefer the more open-access advertiser-based model that sites like Hulu and Joost are using. Then again, even those sites, in reality, are just a bigger version of this ISP-subscription model -- they're only accessible to US-based ISPs, not international. Hopefully, this will change so that people outside the US stop bitching,...

  4. Re:I have a feeling by cashman73 · · Score: 1 · on Is the US Ready For the Switch To DTV?
    Over on the other side of the state, in Pittsburgh, the mountains provide all sorts of issues. It appears that the CBS, Fox, and NBC affiliates all broadcast from the northwestern suburbs, while ABC broadcasts from the east, near Monroeville, and PBS is in Oakland. So, living in Oakland (near Pitt's campus), on the southeastern side of a large hill, and on the southeastern corner of a large apartment building, I can't get NBC, Fox, or CBS at all (although Fox does come up in one of my rooms fairly well, but not uniformly). ABC and PBS come in crystal clear. I can also get the CW over analog, but I haven't even seen them on digital yet (either, they're not broadcasting in digital yet, or I can't pick it up where I'm at).

    I'm not complaining too much, though. Most of the time, I get my TV from the internet, via Hulu, TVU, or one of the networks' sites directly. I just wish NFL and MLB games were streamed over the internet like they do for the NBA, college basketball, or the olympics. ESPN360 is pretty good; but they don't do NFL/MLB. But, it wouldn't matter anyway -- I still won't be able to watch Chicago Bears games in Pittsburgh -- I mean, Steelers country,...

  5. ESPN 360... by antdude · · Score: 1 · on ESPN Mobile Reaches The End Of The Road

    Does anyone have ESPN360 and use this product often/frequently? I used it before but was expecting some live games. I remember during World Cup, there was one game live but it was a small game.

  6. Re:so... by proxima · · Score: 1 · on Google Video Runs Ads & Shares the Profits

    will this be a step closer to us getting free episodes of CSI/Lost etc.

    You know about this, right?

    I made the unfortunate mistake of watching the series finale of Alias this way. The delivery method itself works pretty well, but having been only the second episode or so of Alias that I've seen, I was pretty unimpressed with the way the show turned out.

    I had to watch 3-4 30 second ads, for a total of about 90 minutes (in what I presume aired for 2 hours on normal TV, not bad). The annoying part was, you have to click to exit each ad and continue the show after 30 seconds. Overall, though, the video quality was excellent for being streamed.

    I don't have cable or even an antenna, so all the shows I watch are on DVD from Netflix. However, I'd like to be able to stream (from the US, legally) World Cup games, live (or at least delayed no more than a few minutes). As far as I've been able to determine, the only way to do that is through ESPN360. It's free for certain ISPs (probably ones which agree to host mirroring/multicast equipment), but not mine. Fortunately, they're offering a demo from June 26 to July 19 (I think), so hopefully I'll catch some of the games during that period. They don't offer everything, but it's better than nothing. Still, TV is way behind radio in internet streaming, though that's rather expected. It seems like the BBC is at the forefront, but they can't/don't export even for a fee.

  7. Re:Your ISP customers paid you, numbnuts... by ivan256 · · Score: 5, Informative · on BellSouth Will Charge Providers For Performance

    Go check out espn360.com.

    I'll wait...

    Back? Good.

    This is a perfect example of what is going to happen here. First, only a few stupid companies will pay Bell South (Even SCO got some takers). Then the content providers will start charging Bell South to allow users of the Bell South internet service to access their web sites. It's already started. The content providers know that they're in charge. There are so many ISPs out there that the ISP needs the content more than the content providers need any single ISP. Bell South will figure this out, or they will lose customers. Once again, the free market works.

    And I bet you were only half serious.