Boxee is causing a storm in the set top Internet TV market. Boxee is a social media center. With Boxee you can play videos, music and pictures from your PC or from the Internet. You can also share with your friends what albums you're listening to, what movies and TV shows you're watching, send recommendations and more. It is currently used through Xbox360 and AppleTV hacks, but the company has already put out public ''feelers'' as to the receptiveness of developing their own box, and it should be here by summer.
Zilliontv is the latest device promising iTV glory. It is backed by different major studios and launching with lots of press. Here is what they have to say about themselves.
"ZillionTV is harnessing the power of the Internet to transform the television experience. Entertainment lovers can enjoy instant, on-demand access to their favorite programs ranging from new and classic TV shows to movies, sports, music, and more — all subscription-free and delivered directly to their TV sets. ZillionTV also engages TV lovers in an exciting new way by empowering them with the choice to select personal advertising preferences and providing a unique opportunity for innovative commerce directly through the TV in partnership with Visa, a leader in global payment processing."
Don't know what Boxee or Zilliontv are?
Boxee and Zilliontv are part of the new growing family of set top iTV devices. Both boxes stream content to televisions, the difference lies as always in the design interface and the levels of access to media sources. Boxee seems to just get everything right. They ran in semi-stealth mode until recently and they are already approaching 300,000 users. We will have to see how ZillionTV does when it rolls out later in 2009 as it is un-released. Set top Internet TV boxes are going to once again change our viewing experience at home in the very near future, as the Internet and Television comes even closer to becoming one.
Zilliontv is the latest device promising iTV glory. It is backed by different major studios and launching with lots of press. Here is what they have to say about themselves.
"ZillionTV is harnessing the power of the Internet to transform the television experience. Entertainment lovers can enjoy instant, on-demand access to their favorite programs ranging from new and classic TV shows to movies, sports, music, and more — all subscription-free and delivered directly to their TV sets. ZillionTV also engages TV lovers in an exciting new way by empowering them with the choice to select personal advertising preferences and providing a unique opportunity for innovative commerce directly through the TV in partnership with Visa, a leader in global payment processing."
Don't know what Boxee or Zilliontv are?
Boxee and Zilliontv are part of the new growing family of set top iTV devices. Both boxes stream content to televisions, the difference lies as always in the design interface and the levels of access to media sources. Boxee seems to just get everything right. They ran in semi-stealth mode until recently and they are already approaching 300,000 users. We will have to see how ZillionTV does when it rolls out later in 2009 as it is un-released. Set top Internet TV boxes are going to once again change our viewing experience at home in the very near future, as the Internet and Television comes even closer to becoming one.
Boxee featured NY Times Report 3/39/2009 on Future TV Business Models...
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Boxee has been trying to restore Hulu to its service, with both technical workarounds and through negotiations with the networks.
“Transitioning online opens up great opportunities for networks, but it also runs the risk of cannibalizing their existing business,” said Avner Ronen, Boxee’s founder. “Right now I think they want to tread the online waters carefully, to experiment online while it’s still a small business, and to innovate there, but not to rock the boat too hard at the risk of tipping it over. That’s the conflict they have.”
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