Dear BBC: We don’t want your set top box. We want your content where we want it, not where you want it. - http://www.macgasm.net/2009...
Dec 23, 2009
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When are these companies going to learn that we want to access their content on a multitude of platforms, and not just some proprietary box. Blows my mind that in 2009 we're still dealing with this crap.
- Joshua Schnell
The attraction of control a settop gives you is almost impossible to resist. They can fully monetize their content and do whatever they want whenever they want. If it works the payoff is big.
- Todd Hoff
The key word there is *if*. If it was only the BBC doing this it wouldn't be so bad, surely the rest of the television companies are going to follow suit. That means a bunch of set top boxes in a home. I don't think consumers will pay for an ABC, NBC, CBS, BBC, Fox, and a CBC box. It's just too much in my opinion.
- Joshua Schnell
I'm not disagreeing, it's just a mighty juicy carrot :-)
- Todd Hoff
Or, the forbidden fruit. ;)
- Joshua Schnell