Hewlett Packard has announced a deal to ship a P2P IPTV system with their notbooks (notably the Presario and Pavillion models) beginning in late September. It will also be available as a system update for exiting HP Vista computers. The system is called Next.tv and powered by Dave Networks, a white label IPTV provider. For the launch, Next.tv will feature content from CBS, Freemantle, and Endemol. Their sneak preview also includes MGM, eye.tv, Lazy.tv, and Reality.tv as well. Other partnerships, filling a total of 50 channels, will be announced throughout September.
Next.TV has plans for a desktop version for non HP users as well.
Rex Wong, the former CEO of Applied Semantics (later Google Adsense), is the CEO of Dave Networks. Wong previously expressed a desire to do for video what AdSense did for text. Last April, Rex Wong said, “We will be using the same technology used by Homeland Security to monitor [telephone] chatter. Audio keywording will allow us to contextually figure out where to sell ads and to place more than just pre- and post-roll ads.” He planed to launch the contextual video advertising service on their YouTube competitor, Dave.TV.
While Next.tv’s distribution deal through HP gives them a good head start, they’re going up an increasingly crowded marketplace. Joost, Babelgum, Veoh, British Telecom, Zattoo, and Vuze are amongst the competition. Scoring the best content deals will likely determine who makes IPTV work.
Sweet.
By the way nick, the image on the bottom leads to a 404 page.
(http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-content/nexttvpng)
I know it’s the annoying person that points out spelling/grammar errors, but that’s the worst spelling of Hewlett-Packard I’ve seen in a while.
Still, good story and will be interesting.
Sorry that was supposed to have a smiley after, it reads worse than I meant it. On the plus side it reminded me of the educational film “Hewitt’s Just Different”.
Next.tv doesn’t seem like much competition to YouTube-like web resources since it doesn’t appear to tap into the “public submited” clips that are all the rage, right now.
I wonder if Next.tv will add a blog-like comment feature so viewers can discuss the clips openly… HP is known to be located at the other end of the rainbow where all loops are closed (and locked).
It’ll be interesting to watch ; )
Say goodbye AppleTV!
Microsoft technology leads the way!
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com
Is it really called a ‘notbook’?
Somehow feel HP might come out tops in this battle..
cool article!
want.tv will eventually become the on demand video and tv destination, just need to work out how any interested partners please inquire
Some nice deals. Hopefully they will get a good bit of content…Though I’m getting tired of having to have so many different clients installed to get the content I want.
He planed to launch the contextual video advertising service on their YouTube competitor, Dave.TV.
Not Sure I want to watch TV on my computer. And how does a company the size of HP do a deal with a company called “Dave”?
Chris -
EXACTLY. More and more of these web-based “television” killers keep popping up but I truly have to wonder how many people really want to watch full length movies and television sitting in front of their computer monitors. If you look at the figures, television set sales continues to grow year after year and I personally doubt that television will ever go away. Google’s VP of technology recently released comments talking about how tv will “change” to meet consumer demands but I really have to ask the question, in the long term do you want to be watching tv and movies on a 20 inch monitor in your office or a 42″ LCD in your comfortable living room?
http://www.hull.tv will be on your laptop soon