IPTV Revolution Put on Hold

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."

Comments

Re:Why not?

[mattspammail]

Fitting response from a Texas Longhorn.

I was this close (imagine thumb and finger about 1 cm apart) to modding you down just for that alone.

Gig 'em.

Re:Jewiish Propaganda

[thepunishert]

Are you joking

Re:Why not?

[Drooling Iguana]

Saying that you know how to spell because you're from a farm in Texas is like saying that you're an expert pianist because you lost both hands in a woodmilling accident.