Seriously, who's
not on watch for digital downloads these days? DVDs?
Check. Blu-ray Discs?
Check. Pay-TV operators? Check. According to new data gathered by Research and Markets, "console-affiliated media portals such as Microsoft's Xbox LIVE and Sony's PlayStation Network will soon become formidable competitors to incumbent pay-TV services." As the report notes, the digital downloads available via these services will eventually become "compelling alternatives to traditional TV programming by providing a more immersive, interactive video experience." Of course, this "research" comes at a time when everyone and their mother are jumping on this
bandwagon, but it's still reasonable to assert that most anything providing access to content via the internet has a serious chance to replace traditional pay-TV services. Whether or not that actually happens en masse, however, remains to
be seen.
posted Dec 2nd 2008 5:09AM
This will only happen if the FCC (the Government) prevents Internet providers from capping how much someone can download. Cable/FIOS high speed Internet providers are not dumb they will not let people download unlimited amounts of HD video and chance losing their cable/FIOS subscribers.
I expect what you will see is the cable companies lowering the caps while simultaneously introducing their own VOD which is exempt from those restrictions. Companies love tying services together so that you can't leave without losing all of them.
Anti-competitive to be sure, but I'm sure they'll figure a way to pretend it isn't, that the VOD is somehow not subject same restrictions because its on a local loop inside the network or something.
I would sure like to have more choice than Apple TV and Xbox live marketplace in Canada, we don't have netflix or Hulu or Amazon downloads yet. I don't know what the hold up is but I want these kinds of services so bad in Canada.
I can't see people paying for it.
http://www.thedessertcafe.com
http://www.giftprose.com
What was the point of the links? Do you get paid per click or something?
Go whore your wares elsewhere.
It doesn't matter. Comcast 250gb cap will prevent this from happening.