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Skype, Sony Working to Offer On-Demand iTunes Rivals
The field of on-demand video services continues to grow. Both Sony and Skype have announced their intentions to challenge the dominance of iTunes via download services. Sony is going to be offering movie downloads via the PSP, no doubt as a partial rebuff to Microsoft's entry into the field. Meanwhile, Skype is planning to roll out a broadband television service they are calling 'the Venice Project'. Funded with the money made when Skype was sold to eBay, the beta version was apparently launched last week. From the article: "On his blog, Mr Friis said the partners had been 'quietly testing with a small circle of people' for a few months, and that they would now expand the circle. The service will offer high-quality programs through an ad-supported platform. The project aims to bring quality TV programs free to consumers who have a broadband internet connection, the spokesman said."
Wow, it's too early to deal with clowns like you.
http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/
PS3 as the ultimate media hub. Cell(Broadband Engine) cranks through HD movies an order of magnitude faster than any other chip architecture. With WiFi and a PSP, the PS3 can on the fly broadcast your personal video collection to you anywhere in the world that has WiFi access. With the Sony media store integrated with the PS3 and PSP, Sony has the ultimate complete home media package.
Too bad Jobs blew the IBM relationship resulting in Apple being denied access to Cell chips.
And, Skype, yeah, whatever Einstein...
stagnant. As Linux 5how that *BSD has