AnySource Internet-to-TV startup gets additional financial backing

It might not have the cachet of widgets just yet, but AnySource Media is promising its Internet Video Navigator solution will run on existing TV hardware, and allow an easy, TV remote controlled streaming Internet video experience and just secured $3.2 million in additional funding to make it happen. The company's software promises a more secure, reliable environment than on a PC with users deterred from hacking or copying content, which sounds a lot like the boring, restricted, pay alternative to our favorite Internet video options that are more typically open, unlimited and free. We'll have a better idea of which side of the line this package falls if it can make TV launches targeted for later this year.

[Via Digital Media Wire]

[glennS Posted Mar 18th 2009 12:38PM]

quote: The company's software promises a more secure, reliable environment than on a PC with users deterred from hacking or copying content, which sounds a lot like the boring, restricted, pay alternative to our favorite Internet video options that are more typically open, unlimited and free.

Oh, so they promise it will be more secure, do they. That's a great PR statement, and utterly meaningless. If it is connected to the internet and is downloading content then sooner or later someone is going to find a way to get into the system. How funny will that be when a trojan gets into your TV and takes over.

This will be a great way for the super villain of the future get himself a worldwide audience when he threatens to blow up new york a patrol the seas with laser sharks in we don't cave in to his demands. Hmm... that gives me an idea.

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[(Unverified) Posted Mar 23rd 2009 12:18PM]

hey douche bag! why don't you hack your way into a girlfriend where you might actually have use for a trojan and quit wasting our time with your weak reviews.

//gay