Will the Wal-Mart movie download site be incompatible with Firefox, Mac, and Apple? I doubt it, but it’s still interesting. More likely that Wal-Mart simply wanted their site up ASAP. I just checked on IE and got this message:
“The Wal-Mart Video Downloads store is currently unavailable due to temporary site maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Please try again later.”
“Digital media is now integral to everything we do. It is not an add-on, it is not a novelty, it is the present reality as well as the future,” Mr Scott said.
Possibly the biggest announcement is their intention to pursue revenue through digital offerings like podcasts and video. Already one of the biggest producers of quality digital content, they have until now not charged for it. It seems they may continue to not charge for most of the material, but rather archived audio or video content would be available to download at a cost.
Update: “ABC announces digital media strategy“
Vincent Dureau, Google’s head of TV technology, has sparked a lot of talk recently about Internet gridlock as a result of video downloading. But his words were, “The web infrastructure - and even Google’s - doesn’t scale - it’s not going to offer the quality of service that consumers expect.” The question is - What is the quality of service that consumers expect? If it is 50 inch HD screens which combine video on-demand maybe not yet. But then again, maybe it’s not that far off.
Online video that is……. ABC.com sold out all of its video ads inventory for streaming TV shows in Q4 and Q1, and the network has secured agreements from 80 percent of its affiliates to incorporate local ads into the player.
PeerApp looks to be in the right spot. It has been said that 5% of the Internet users consume, by file sharing, 50% of the total bandwidth used (not total capacity) of the Internet. The problem of ISPs throttling bandwidth usage has become an issue. PeerApp develops and services technologies and products that reduce the amount of bandwidth consumed by peer-to-peer traffic by helping ISPs enhance network efficiency and reduce bandwidth costs.
Grossy points out the potential problem……”Introduce a massively popular P2P video streaming service, which, brings that 5% up to, say, 30%, and you have a serious bandwidth crisis on your hands.”
Facebook.com, the social-networking Web site, said Tuesday it is moving into television by teaming up with cable operator Comcast’s online video site Ziddio to produce a new series from users’ clips called Facebook Diaries.
The companies are enlisting Hollywood TV producer R.J. Cutler, to choose the best submissions and create 10 half-hour-long episodes that will be streamed online and on Comcast On-Demand. The program will start in March. Terms were not disclosed.
Online video is one of the fastest growing sectors on the Web and major sites including Google’s YouTube and News Corp.’s MySpace are investing heavily in building their video capacity. Analysts say there is high demand for online video inventory from advertisers. ….More
A major player, Wal-mart, has stepped into the movie download business by launching a movie download store online. For iTunes - that has to hurt.
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