Posts on October 1st, 2007

2007-10-01

TV Guide Points To The Short Tail

TV Guide will move its Online Video Guide from beta to an officially launched product tomorrow. Their online video search platform is strictly TV focused, enabling users to avoid hundreds of results pointing to user generated content and spoofs, and instead towards officially and professionally produced content from the broadcasters.

“We’re filling a niche that Google and YouTube are not because they’re not strictly TV-focused,” said Paul Greenberg, GM of TV Guide Online.

“Part of the way we’re marketing this is, ‘Oh, you forgot to set your TiVo? Here’s the show you…

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Adobe Media Player Beta Released

Adobe today released their media player with a slate of publishing partners including CBS, PBS, Yahoo! Video, and Blip.tv.

I have mixed feelings from my test run of the player which is now available for download. At its most basic it’s a stand-alone player allowing higher quality playback of syndicated content built on Adobe’s AIR.

OVW Adobe Media Player

In terms of functionality and what it delivers, it’s not all that different from Miro’s player. RealNetworks tried a similar hub for content with SuperPass, a relatively unsuccessful subscription model that offered premium content.

There will be plenty more…

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