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February 17, 2007
Tom Evslin Discusses Network2 and TV on the Internet
Tom Evslin: Television and the Internet
"My friend Jeff Pulver (formerly a VoIP pioneer and a commodities trader) started Network2, a website which is a good example of PART of what TV on the Internet will be. In many ways IP TV (which is what Jeff is doing) goes a step beyond traditional television; it’s most like TV Guide except that when you click on a show you actually get to see it or download it for later viewing or for watching on some kind of portable device. Network2 doesn’t own the content it points to (but the content is very glad to be pointed at). Network2 does exercise some editorial discretion in picking content. You can’t just upload stuff to Network2 as you can to YouTube. Much of what Network2 points to is professionally produced. Some is content like newsclips, old movies, and trailers for new movies which traditional providers have made available; some is video from sources like the New York Times; there are even high quality made for the Internet shows like Wallstrip.
Channels are something you make yourself on IPTV; they’re the collection of shows you like to watch. You can share your channels with your friends just as you might share music playlists, blogrolls, or recommendations of good books."
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I appreciate Tom's words that Network2 is "a PART of what TV on the Internet will be." :)
Tags: Internet TV, Tom Evslin, disruptive broadcasting, Network2, Jeff Pulver
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Posted by jeff on February 17, 2007 09:29 AM | Permalink
Additional resources: Watch PrimeTime TV Shows | Watch the Jeff Pulver Show | Jeff's Qik Videos
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Posted by: David Jaeger at March 8, 2007 11:55 PM
Jeff, Alan:
After much internal debate I decided that it's IP TV because it's MORE than is available on standard TV. TV on IP to me would be just an emulation of the old stuff.
The part of TV that's not there (just to preview a future post) is the real time stuff which is a smaller and smaller fraction of what people watch given time-shifting but has it uses and drives, imho, way too much of the argument for a telco type Internet.
Posted by: Tom Evslin at February 17, 2007 05:47 PM
Hi Alan,
Actually I do look at Network2 playing in the world of TV over IP. But in a pure technical sense, I can not argue with Tom's logic of referring to this as IP based TV.
Posted by: JeffPulver at February 17, 2007 10:25 AM
Jeff....is Network2 IP TV (as Tom says) or TV over IP?
Posted by: Alan Weinkrantz at February 17, 2007 09:39 AM