ZillionTV signs the final remaining major studio

A good idea is worthless without adoption and we're glad to hear that ZillionTV has signed Paramount, which means that all six major studios are on board. Of course we still don't know how much we're actually going to like ZillionTV because although streaming content for free or ad-supported sounds like a new approach, who knows how it'll work. We do think we'd love the choice of either watching ads or paying if that is what's actually going to happen. According to HMM, at least in regards to Paramount, some content will be available for rent or purchase while other content will be ad-supported. If this is going to be the case for all the content, then we're sure the ZillionTV will look great in our attic sitting next to our Moviebeam.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 10th 2009 2:55PM]

You read didn't you that Zillion has the same CEO as the company that powered MovieBeam?
Jack Lawrence, cleaned up DotCast after MovieBeam Died.

[whyteboy Posted Nov 10th 2009 4:58PM]

the problem with zillionTV is almost everything is rent or buy. If the show or movie is so old you would not want to watch that is what is ad supported. It is a very misleading product. I have not found a single good thing on it that is free and worth watching, so be careful.

[MasterSushi Posted Jan 14th 2010 10:23AM]

@(Unverified) Agreed. I got my Zillion TV box just about a week ago and what a huge disappointment. There is almost nothing that is free to watch, and the stuff that is free is stuff that 99% of people won't want to see anyway. Zillion TV is an extremely misleading product making it sound like there are three options for most of the content. Ad Supported, Rent, and Buy. If their agreements with the studios is only rent and buy then Zillion TV will be a massive failure. Free Content is what people are looking for, and that is why the torrents are so popular. And also why Hulu is so popular. If Zillion TV can't move into this market with a solid ad supported content model then they might as well just give up and cut their loses, because it simply will not work out for them.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 10th 2009 10:44PM]

Wow, get personal much?