Comments on: Comcast On-Demand bigger than iTunes and Big Macs? http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/01/comcast-on-demand-bigger-than-itunes-and-big-macs/15766/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:34:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brian http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/01/comcast-on-demand-bigger-than-itunes-and-big-macs/15766/comment-page-1/#comment-66562 Brian Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:59:53 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=15766#comment-66562 Isn't it a good thing though that they are promoting it? Could that mean they might finally be focused on it? Could this lead to a world where they focus on getting more content OnDemand all the time? It could be Hulu through the cable box, which is what everyone ultimately wants. It gets around the issues that are causing Boxee users so much pain because it goes through the cablecos and the content owners can put as many ads in as they want because its not being watched on a computer. Isn’t it a good thing though that they are promoting it? Could that mean they might finally be focused on it?

Could this lead to a world where they focus on getting more content OnDemand all the time? It could be Hulu through the cable box, which is what everyone ultimately wants. It gets around the issues that are causing Boxee users so much pain because it goes through the cablecos and the content owners can put as many ads in as they want because its not being watched on a computer.

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/01/comcast-on-demand-bigger-than-itunes-and-big-macs/15766/comment-page-1/#comment-66412 Robert Seidman Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:17:12 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=15766#comment-66412 some of the on-demand offerings (AKA, EVERYTHING from NBC) carry an extra charge, but I'm guessing that's 11 billion views of stuff that was included in your package plus a couple hundred thousand accidental views of NBC content. In fairness, the press release was about PBS On Demand. While it mentioned the 11 Billion (ok, twice, once in its own section) it made no comparisons to iTunes or McDonalds, so I'm not sure that is on the PR people. I haven't been following the "who said what" at the Cable upfronts and conferences closely, but the only place I saw those references were in the TechCrunch story I cited. some of the on-demand offerings (AKA, EVERYTHING from NBC) carry an extra charge, but I’m guessing that’s 11 billion views of stuff that was included in your package plus a couple hundred thousand accidental views of NBC content.

In fairness, the press release was about PBS On Demand. While it mentioned the 11 Billion (ok, twice, once in its own section) it made no comparisons to iTunes or McDonalds, so I’m not sure that is on the PR people. I haven’t been following the “who said what” at the Cable upfronts and conferences closely, but the only place I saw those references were in the TechCrunch story I cited.

]]> By: Julia http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/01/comcast-on-demand-bigger-than-itunes-and-big-macs/15766/comment-page-1/#comment-66410 Julia Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:11:26 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=15766#comment-66410 Because comparing something that is already included in your cable subscription to things you have to pay for each time is totally a fair comparison! PR people, you've done it again! Because comparing something that is already included in your cable subscription to things you have to pay for each time is totally a fair comparison! PR people, you’ve done it again!

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