Comments on: Pioneer Backed TV Service To Offer Downloads Per Channel http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/18/pioneer-backed-tv-service-to-offer-downloads-per-channel/ Startup and Technology News Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:40:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Peter http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/18/pioneer-backed-tv-service-to-offer-downloads-per-channel/#comment-1773090 Peter Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:23:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/pioneer-backed-tv-service-to-offer-downloads-per-channel/#comment-1773090 All of these efforts are so annoying because they miss the one thing I want to do: share TV programs with friends. Case in point: I watch Survivor with my friends, but because they have kids to put to bed, they use their DVR to record Survivor and we start watching it about halfway through. We also want to watch The Office. Before NBC and Apple had their tiff, I'd just buy the episodes off iTunes and bring them to my friends on my iPod. It worked great. Now I can't do that. This service is the same. I can download content, but only play it on the special computer player. Doesn't help me at all. I used to transfer shows from my ReplayTV to my PC and burn on DVDs, but that process takes longer than I'm willing to invest now. It's too bad the networks don't realize that sharing content this way can actually increase viewership. I think my friends would like some new show, so I download it and watch it with them. Maybe they like it and start watching it. All of these efforts are so annoying because they miss the one thing I want to do: share TV programs with friends. Case in point: I watch Survivor with my friends, but because they have kids to put to bed, they use their DVR to record Survivor and we start watching it about halfway through. We also want to watch The Office. Before NBC and Apple had their tiff, I’d just buy the episodes off iTunes and bring them to my friends on my iPod. It worked great. Now I can’t do that.

This service is the same. I can download content, but only play it on the special computer player. Doesn’t help me at all. I used to transfer shows from my ReplayTV to my PC and burn on DVDs, but that process takes longer than I’m willing to invest now.

It’s too bad the networks don’t realize that sharing content this way can actually increase viewership. I think my friends would like some new show, so I download it and watch it with them. Maybe they like it and start watching it.

]]> By: Steve Ballmer http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/18/pioneer-backed-tv-service-to-offer-downloads-per-channel/#comment-1771898 Steve Ballmer Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:49:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/pioneer-backed-tv-service-to-offer-downloads-per-channel/#comment-1771898 Sounds like another doomed to failure project to me! Only Microsoft can do this right! Sounds like another doomed to failure project to me!
Only Microsoft can do this right!

]]> By: www.CARversation.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/18/pioneer-backed-tv-service-to-offer-downloads-per-channel/#comment-1770821 www.CARversation.com Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:30:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/pioneer-backed-tv-service-to-offer-downloads-per-channel/#comment-1770821 cool. cool.

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