Interviews with Digital Media Thought Leaders
Legal and Free: TV Shows and Movies on the Net
Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on December 1, 2008
If you would like to learn why popular TV shows and movies are being made available legally on the Internet for free and how we can get them to our televisions, this interview is for you.
Our guest today is Will Richmond who is the editor and publisher of VideoNuze, an online publication for broadband video decision-makers. VideoNuze concentrates on the emerging Internet Video industry. Will has prior experience in the CATV industry thereby providing valuable perspective on how the sector reacts to developments. This is important because cable companies are the leading providers of broadband Internet access along with being the dominant networks delivering conventional television programs. Read more…
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Tags: ABC, CBS, digital media, Fox, Internet video, Internet Video on TVs, Movies on Internet, NBC, Phil Leigh, VideoNuze, Will Richmond
Olympics and Court Action May Accelerate DVR Adoption
Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on September 1, 2008
A recent appellate court decision, in combination with the NBC’s Olympic TV viewing experience, may well prompt acceleration in the adoption of DVRs (e.g. TiVo’s). I discuss the points with Jim Burger, who is a copyright attorney with DowLohnes in Washington D.C.
Originally Cablevision announced plans to offer a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) service to be hosted within the physical CATV network instead via on-premises equipment that must be installed in the homes of individual subscribers. One advantage is that the “networked-DVR” would enable Cablevision to roll out the service through many of the set-top boxes already deployed with subscribers. Thus, the company could avoid the expense of installing new set-top boxes for those subscribers choosing the DVR service. Read more…
