Comments on: cutting the cable http://blog.boxee.tv/2007/04/26/cutting-the-cable/ The most reliable source for all things boxee Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:45:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matt Smith» Blog Archive » boxee and Hulu http://blog.boxee.tv/2007/04/26/cutting-the-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-8228 Matt Smith» Blog Archive » boxee and Hulu Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:43:22 +0000 http://blog.boxee.tv/2007/04/26/cutting-the-cable/#comment-8228 [...] Over the past few weeks, there’s been a significant amount of discussion surrounding the situation between media center application boxee and video streaming service Hulu. When boxee first disclosed that Hulu’s “content providers” requested to be removed from boxee, I was disappointed from a viewer’s perspective, yet I can somewhat understand both sides. The networks backing Hulu do still depend on a demand for cable, and as boxee has gained popularity, there’s been a number of movements suggesting that people ditch their cable service. [...] [...] Over the past few weeks, there’s been a significant amount of discussion surrounding the situation between media center application boxee and video streaming service Hulu. When boxee first disclosed that Hulu’s “content providers” requested to be removed from boxee, I was disappointed from a viewer’s perspective, yet I can somewhat understand both sides. The networks backing Hulu do still depend on a demand for cable, and as boxee has gained popularity, there’s been a number of movements suggesting that people ditch their cable service. [...]

]]> By: avner http://blog.boxee.tv/2007/04/26/cutting-the-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-23 avner Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:01:20 +0000 http://blog.boxee.tv/2007/04/26/cutting-the-cable/#comment-23 i always loved typos :) glad it brought you to our blog. we can't say much about what we're doing, but i fully agree with your observations. i think more and more people will find cable to be too expensive now that there are alternative ways to consume media. i always loved typos :)

glad it brought you to our blog.

we can't say much about what we're doing, but i fully agree with your observations. i think more and more people will find cable to be too expensive now that there are alternative ways to consume media.

]]> By: trake adams http://blog.boxee.tv/2007/04/26/cutting-the-cable/comment-page-1/#comment-21 trake adams Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:22:22 +0000 http://blog.boxee.tv/2007/04/26/cutting-the-cable/#comment-21 I found this blog doing a search for "Boxee" (apparently I had made a typo and should have typed Boxy) and am curious as to whatever it is you are developing. Just thought you might like to know how I found the blog. That said: I got rid of my cable completely. More and more tv stations are offering their content online. They also seem to be integrating ads in the shows themselves (say someone drinking a Coke on Heroes or Stephen Colbert hawking some shirts on his Colbert Nation website.) It'll be interesting to see where this all leads. The reason I got rid of my cable is that the internet offers the stuff I want for free and "On Demand" so-to-speak. There are startups like Joost that will be vying for everyones attention, but what Joost and others aren't really touching on yet is what's available on torrent sites. I'm able to watch the best action/drama Life on Mars (a UK show) that nobody with a cable box in America was able to see (the first series just started airing on BBC America. I'm already done watching the second series.) Then I can watch an episode of Australian Idol if it tickles my fancy... followed by a one-off tv musical from 2004 called AD/BC that hasn't repeated on television since it aired. Then Heroes (commercial free) followed by a block of DS/Colbert - also commercial free. How can cable even compete with the internet at this point when the internet is global and free. The only thing cable has is that it's instantaneous and you can watch it on a big screen easily. Though the internet is making leaps speedwise (I can download an entire episode of Heroes in about 2.5 minutes time) and it's getting easier to hook your computer or portable devices up to televisions. I found this blog doing a search for "Boxee" (apparently I had made a typo and should have typed Boxy) and am curious as to whatever it is you are developing. Just thought you might like to know how I found the blog. That said:

I got rid of my cable completely. More and more tv stations are offering their content online. They also seem to be integrating ads in the shows themselves (say someone drinking a Coke on Heroes or Stephen Colbert hawking some shirts on his Colbert Nation website.) It'll be interesting to see where this all leads. The reason I got rid of my cable is that the internet offers the stuff I want for free and "On Demand" so-to-speak. There are startups like Joost that will be vying for everyones attention, but what Joost and others aren't really touching on yet is what's available on torrent sites. I'm able to watch the best action/drama Life on Mars (a UK show) that nobody with a cable box in America was able to see (the first series just started airing on BBC America. I'm already done watching the second series.) Then I can watch an episode of Australian Idol if it tickles my fancy… followed by a one-off tv musical from 2004 called AD/BC that hasn't repeated on television since it aired. Then Heroes (commercial free) followed by a block of DS/Colbert – also commercial free. How can cable even compete with the internet at this point when the internet is global and free. The only thing cable has is that it's instantaneous and you can watch it on a big screen easily. Though the internet is making leaps speedwise (I can download an entire episode of Heroes in about 2.5 minutes time) and it's getting easier to hook your computer or portable devices up to televisions.

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