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IPTV Revolution Put on Hold

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-guess-it-won't-be-televised dept.

prostoalex writes "Business Week says the IPTV revolution might be postponed. As telecoms are launching the new service, they are facing the problem of lack of content: "But improvements like these can happen only if content providers - media companies and movie studios like Disney - play along. So far, it seems, they're not. Disney didn't return calls from BusinessWeek Online seeking comment, and it hasn't signed with any outside distributor to provide its movies for video-on-demand. Most studios have agreed to only limited video-on-demand distribution, fearing it could cut into revenues from rentals and DVD sales - now generating bigger income streams than the box office itself." The solution just might be buying out content companies, like Mark Cuban does. In the retrospect the Comcast bid for Disney and AOL buying Time Warner start making sense."

7 of 180 comments (clear)

  1. you could have fooled me by croddy · · Score: 5, Funny

    all my tv content already comes through the internet...

  2. Postponed is fine by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny

    as long as it will not be televised.

  3. Well it is Interweb... by soimless · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sence it is Internet you can loop a annoying but funny thing like another flash of the Numa Numa song and just call it TV...

  4. Welcome... by aftk2 · · Score: 1, Funny

    To ZomboTV...
    You love...ZomboTV
    This is...ZomboTV

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    concrete5: a cms made for marketing, but strong enough for geeks.
  5. Same complaint, new medium... by binaryspiral · · Score: 4, Funny

    65535 channels and nothing on...

  6. Re:Why not? by TheoMurpse · · Score: 2, Funny

    In case you didn't notice, you spelled "utterly" "uttery", so I attempted to find a midway point and create some humor. I assure you, I know how to spell "udder", as I am from a farm in Texas ;)

  7. Content? by Tetra · · Score: 1, Funny


    "...As telecoms are launching the new service, they are facing the problem of lack of content..."

    Yeah, but this has never been a show-stopper for normal TV.
    ;^)

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    Regards, tEtra