Monday, January 29, 2007
More on the dinosaur that is TV
Apple's iTV, basically a set top box which will allow video files from an iPod to be played on an HD TV, is further proof that internet distribution (in this case via iTunes) of TV and film content is the future. It's convergent technology (combining two or more technologies), high quality and on-demand, all favoured by audiences.
All isn't rosy in the TV downloading garden, though, if some of the comments on the digitalspy.co.uk forums are true. Even after uninstalling the software needed to use the Channel 4 4OD service, your internet connection will continue to be used as part of 4OD's peer-to-peer network. And if people complain about the current TV licence fee, they're not going to be pleased about the fairly high price when buying per-programme. What's going to take some getting used to is having to use different players for different channels - surely an integrated solution like Apple's iTV will prove attractive, if the content available through iTunes is strong enough.
All isn't rosy in the TV downloading garden, though, if some of the comments on the digitalspy.co.uk forums are true. Even after uninstalling the software needed to use the Channel 4 4OD service, your internet connection will continue to be used as part of 4OD's peer-to-peer network. And if people complain about the current TV licence fee, they're not going to be pleased about the fairly high price when buying per-programme. What's going to take some getting used to is having to use different players for different channels - surely an integrated solution like Apple's iTV will prove attractive, if the content available through iTunes is strong enough.
Labels: convergence, internet, p2p, TV
// posted by Gavin Luhrs @ 8:05 pm 
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