GOLFnSUN
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Re: IPTV
Skype has a very bad rep with media corporations and with access providers and very, very few will do deals with them like they have with Microsoft or Google or Apple. I doubt Skype will go very far in this venture. The only videos they will be able to deliver will be user created content.
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Maxo
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| said by GOLFnSUN  :Skype has a very bad rep with media corporations and with access providers and very, very few will do deals with them Very good point. I wonder how they'll overcome that hurdle. |
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ross
join:2000-08-16
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said by GOLFnSUN :Skype has a very bad rep with media corporations and with access providers and very, very few will do deals with them like they have with Microsoft or Google or Apple. I doubt Skype will go very far in this venture. The only videos they will be able to deliver will be user created content. You mean companies that want no competition? That would be a classic case of the DRM-pushers and walled-garden mental defectives substituting wishful thinking for good business judgment.
If Skype can deliver, why not deal with them? |
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Maxo
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| said by ross :If Skype can deliver, why not deal with them? My guess is that they would have to make serious amends that go beyond the legal settlement they made. Maybe they'll need to first be purchased by a media giant. Of course, then it would really all be down the toilet. |
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peerimpact
join:2005-11-07
Londonderry, VT
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Im already using the beta and they have plenty of Viacom content and Ive been told that all the other major networks have already been signed up and when the product that is now the Venice project launches the networks will Luanch thier "Venice " Channels .
The product already has about 20 on demand channels
If you want a sneak peek here's some screenshots
»https://www.theveniceproject.com/screenshots/ |
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peerimpact
join:2005-11-07
Londonderry, VT | reply to ross
The Venice project is a walled garden p2p network  |
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LilYoda
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Might change in the future... Cisco has just annouced that their iPhone (take that Apple  ) will be able to connect to skype.
It's gaining *some* legitimity...
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