I met with the commercial head of BT Vision today to get an update ( and sell some content of course) and I have to say as IPTV services go this is the one that I am going to sign to. OK I live in the UK so it makes sense geographically but the features that are being built into this platform - movies, TV, freeview (free to air), plus niches - sports, ethnic channels (watch out for an Aussie channel I'm working on for my own indulgence), food, etc. Plus community and user generated features like users creating channels, uploading all their media, sharing with friends, chat, video conferencing, instant messenger the list goes on. You get a free box that has 'freeview' (free digital channels) plus into into your TV and connect to a min. 2MB connection. To watch you either pay a monthly subscription or rent shorts, episodes, movies which are streamed. You will also be able to downlaod to own (D.T.O) and watch on your TV or PC.
Now I compare that to Steve Jobs announcement yesterday and while his Apple TV box 'looks' pretty and has a really nice slick interface you still have to pay US $299 for the box plus have a computer connected to serve the media &/or be tied into i-Tunes. Its damn hard to bet against Apple on this but since I'll have to wait to see their box in action I'm going to give BT IPTV a run.
I'll let you know how this baby performs once I'm up & streaming.
a blog about digital video distribution via IP (Mobile, IPTV, Web, Cab/Sat VoD, Connected TV). Its aim is to inform about distribution platforms & business models. See www.momediatv.com ..and sports I love too!
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