Hulu’s Desktop App: A Wake-Up Call For Cable Operators
Más sobre el tema de la "nueva televisión". Hulu dobla la apuesta con una aplicación desktop para ver video online. Llamada de atención para los amigos cableros.
Hulu downplayed talk that its new desktop application will encourage more consumers to flip on their computers rather than their TVs. But network execs say they believe it's another chess move in the battle over the living room, which is about to get a whole lot bloodier.
Hulu's Desktop App: A Wake-Up Call For Cable Operators
Here Comes The YouTube-Hulu-Cable Collision Course
Otra mirada sobre la batalla TV vs Internet. Hulu es hoy la marca dominante en WebTV en video profesional (películas y series de los grandes estudios), YouTube parece que se va a meter en el tema también. En ambos casos son modelos gratuitos con ingresos basados en publicidad.
Las empresas de cable (Comcast a la cabeza) apuestan fuerte al modelo de IPTV, es decir una señal de banda ancha que transmite video on demand con un modelo de pay per view. En este caso con un deco las pelis se ven en el televisor.
Que linda pelea para mirar, que lindos y excitantes tiempos de cambio (mientras Grondona tranza con el poder K para llevar el fútbol a Canal 7)
But will either site win in the long run? While online video has proven popular for short clips and even full TV episodes, it seems like most people still want to watch movies (and probably TV episodes, given the chance) on their TV sets and not their laptops. And that's where cable companies -- not Web video companies -- have an advantage, owning dedicated networks with no bandwidth caps or fees, digital set-top boxes in tens of millions of homes, and having actual revenue to share.
Here Comes The YouTube-Hulu-Cable Collision Course
Sorry, There’s No Way To Save The TV Business
Perdón por el morbo, pero este es uno de mis temas favoritos. Televisión analógica vs WebTV. Creo que es una de las grandes batallas del futuro próximo.
As with print-based media, Internet-based distribution generates only a tiny fraction of the revenue and profit that today's incumbent cable, broadcast, and satellite distribution models do. As Internet-based distribution gains steam, therefore, most TV industry incumbents will no longer be able to support their existing cost structures.
Sorry, There's No Way To Save The TV Business.