[LINK] IPTv

[Richard Chirgwin]

I can't help but ask the dog-in-the-manger question.

There's been more than ten years, I suppose, of "the Internet will kill 
TV". Everything about TV was seen as wrong: the content was crap (mostly 
I agree), the model of the passive viewer is outdated, etc ...

Now, the letters "IP" become a magic fairy dust that you sprinkle on TV 
to make it cool. As long as you're distributing Desperate Housewives or 
Cougars or whatever on the Internet, it's suddenly the Next Big Thing.

I don't quite get that ...

RC

stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
> iiNet to deliver TV over internet 
>
> AAP, April 12, 2010
>
> <http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/iinet-to-deliver-tv-
> over-internet-20100412-s2q6.html>
>
>
> Internet service provider iiNet will soon deliver customers a range of 
> free and subscription television channels via broadband connection after 
> signing a partnership with FetchTV.
>
> The deal means iiNet customers will be able to have their internet 
> connection, telephone service and television from a single provider, the 
> Perth-based iiNet said today.
>
> iiNet chief executive Michael Malone said the partnership would "change 
> the face of Australian television forever".
>
> "It's amazingly practical but, simply put, people will love it because 
> its really cool," Mr Malone said in a statement.
>
> Mr Malone said digital television delivered over broadband had 
> proved "extremely popular" in France, Britain and Hong Kong.
>
> Trials were expected to take place over the next month, iiNet said.
>
> The free-to-air digital channels and subscription channels would not 
> count towards a iiNet customer's monthly download allowance, the company 
> said.
>
> The FetchTV service would also offer video on demand content such as 
> films, television shows, documentaries and children's programs, as well 
> as pay-per-view new release movies.
>
> There will also be 3D capability, games & web access via the set-top-box.
>
> The two companies have been working on the concept since at least 
> November last year, it was reported.
>
> FetchTV chief executive Scott Lorson said iiNet had been "heavily 
> involved" in the development of the service.
>
> "FetchTV has been developed to satisfy the entertainment needs of the 70 
> per cent of Australians who have elected not to take up the existing and 
> expensive subscription TV alternatives," Mr Lorson said.
>
> FetchTV is backed by Malaysian billionaire T. Ananda Krishnan, who 
> controls the ASTRO subscription-television group in that country.
>
> --
>
> Cheers,
> Stephen
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