Comments on: Couchville Joins The Deadpool http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/ Startup and Technology News Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:17:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Pc satellite tv http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-2012900 Pc satellite tv Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:42:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-2012900 <strong>pc satellite tv...</strong> Limneke... pc satellite tv…

Limneke…

]]> By: FaveBot http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1993793 FaveBot Sat, 16 Feb 2008 04:14:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1993793 Rakesh, Thanks for the confirmation. I knew it! Rakesh,

Thanks for the confirmation. I knew it!

]]> By: Rakesh Agrawal (SnapStream) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1993398 Rakesh Agrawal (SnapStream) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:46:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1993398 Favebot: Ding ding ding! Favebot: Ding ding ding!

]]> By: Alex http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1992200 Alex Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:15:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1992200 It's a shame to lose Couchville. It was a great site that I used every day. A very well done site. It’s a shame to lose Couchville. It was a great site that I used every day. A very well done site.

]]> By: Matt http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1991838 Matt Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:44:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1991838 Rakesh, Thanks for your explanation. I think you have a good user base, i think you guys did poor job in advertising about your product. I heard about couchville via techcrunch, i hear abt its RIP through techcrunch. You had a very good product and me personally loved it. It was faster than choosing channel 99 on my remote. Hey, it would be nice if you could leave it there and just support dont add any bells or whistles. Rakesh,
Thanks for your explanation. I think you have a good user base, i think you guys did poor job in advertising about your product. I heard about couchville via techcrunch, i hear abt its RIP through techcrunch. You had a very good product and me personally loved it. It was faster than choosing channel 99 on my remote.
Hey, it would be nice if you could leave it there and just support dont add any bells or whistles.

]]> By: FaveBot http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1991294 FaveBot Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:14:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1991294 The real problem with the TV listings space -- and why there's so little innovation -- is the ridiculous fees charged by the two firms (Tribune & Gemstar) who monopolize the U.S. TV listings market. They want a minimum if $11,000 per month for the data! It wouldn't surprise me at all if the real reason that Couchville was shut down was b/c of those data charges. If there was ever an industry that needed to be disrupted this is it. The real problem with the TV listings space — and why there’s so little innovation — is the ridiculous fees charged by the two firms (Tribune & Gemstar) who monopolize the U.S. TV listings market. They want a minimum if $11,000 per month for the data! It wouldn’t surprise me at all if the real reason that Couchville was shut down was b/c of those data charges. If there was ever an industry that needed to be disrupted this is it.

]]> By: cease http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1991000 cease Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:37:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1991000 by far the best listings ever every other site like meevee, and tv.yahoo.com... try to jam other crap .. i just want listings fast. no other content. by far the best listings ever

every other site like meevee, and tv.yahoo.com… try to jam other crap .. i just want listings fast. no other content.

]]> By: Luke http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990655 Luke Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:47:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990655 I actually think it was a great idea and I was sad to hear that it's gone. I don't have digital cable here at the University and it made it really easy to look up when my shows were on. I actually think it was a great idea and I was sad to hear that it’s gone. I don’t have digital cable here at the University and it made it really easy to look up when my shows were on.

]]> By: Brian Breslin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990429 Brian Breslin Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:25:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990429 why didn't they turn the listings into something more valuable. wonder if they'd sell the site, can't cost much to keep running right? why didn’t they turn the listings into something more valuable.
wonder if they’d sell the site, can’t cost much to keep running right?

]]> By: sodapop http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990412 sodapop Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:15:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990412 Not knocking CV's tool. But, come on. There are like 1000 tv listing sites out there. How can any company really expect to become a leader when there are so many big players already. Yahoo has a decent one. TV.COM, tvguide.com - probably MSN... I use Titiantv.com. Its compatible with my Mac dvr software EyeTV. Not knocking CV’s tool. But, come on. There are like 1000 tv listing sites out there. How can any company really expect to become a leader when there are so many big players already. Yahoo has a decent one. TV.COM, tvguide.com - probably MSN… I use Titiantv.com. Its compatible with my Mac dvr software EyeTV.

]]> By: adam http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990312 adam Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:14:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990312 Couchville was the only useful way to find out what's on TV. Shame, it's dead. Couchville was the only useful way to find out what’s on TV. Shame, it’s dead.

]]> By: Steven Finch http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990281 Steven Finch Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:58:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990281 When is Techcrunch going to get a real deadpool list happening? When is Techcrunch going to get a real deadpool list happening?

]]> By: DC http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990255 DC Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:40:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990255 What a stupid idea for a service / business... 1) Login 2) Look up show (with whizzy web wonder) 3) Go to TV 4) Find show 5) Watch show Had they not heard of digital cable or satellite or TiVo? Just because something is all Ajaxy doesn't mean squat. If the same interface were on a DVR, maybe it'd be something cool to crow about, but a website dedicated to TV listings (and not having any original content) seems like selling hot to the sun. What a stupid idea for a service / business…

1) Login
2) Look up show (with whizzy web wonder)
3) Go to TV
4) Find show
5) Watch show

Had they not heard of digital cable or satellite or TiVo? Just because something is all Ajaxy doesn’t mean squat. If the same interface were on a DVR, maybe it’d be something cool to crow about, but a website dedicated to TV listings (and not having any original content) seems like selling hot to the sun.

]]> By: dhario http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990250 dhario Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:38:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990250 couchville was great, but never capitalized on its assets. its great that it was a quick n' easy guide, but you can't back yourself on the back and say to yourself "whew -- that was hard work -- we're outta here." After its release NOTHING changed -- no functionality was added. I thought there were LOTS of interesting things they could've done. Maybe Snapstream wasn't willing to take the risks or couldn't get the necessary partnerships. couchville was great, but never capitalized on its assets. its great that it was a quick n’ easy guide, but you can’t back yourself on the back and say to yourself “whew — that was hard work — we’re outta here.” After its release NOTHING changed — no functionality was added. I thought there were LOTS of interesting things they could’ve done. Maybe Snapstream wasn’t willing to take the risks or couldn’t get the necessary partnerships.

]]> By: brandon http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990247 brandon Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:37:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990247 For time warner cable customers this does the same without the set top box integration: http://www.timewarnercable.com/CustomerService/TvListings/TvListings.ashx?cluid=222&levelid=16 looks better too For time warner cable customers this does the same without the set top box integration: http://www.timewarnercable.com.....levelid=16

looks better too

]]> By: Prerna http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990125 Prerna Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:20:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990125 Everyone wants content not just listing Enjoy Movies only @ http://moviemazic.com Everyone wants content not just listing Enjoy Movies only @ http://moviemazic.com

]]> By: jccalhoun http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990117 jccalhoun Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:14:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990117 It stinks that couchville is gone. It was the only decent online tv listings I was aware of. It stinks that couchville is gone. It was the only decent online tv listings I was aware of.

]]> By: Rakesh Agrawal (SnapStream) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990100 Rakesh Agrawal (SnapStream) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:03:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990100 To be clear, SnapStream is not in the Deadpool. We just shutdown Couchville to sharpen our focus on our television search product (http://www.snapstream.com/enterprise/) and our consumer PC DVR product (http://www.snapstream.com/beyondtv/). In both of these areas, we are doing very well. And for those of you interested in more background on the shutdown, from our forums posting about the shutdown: "From a product strategy standpoint, a web-based program guide is kind of a tease. Sure you get to read information about TV shows, but you don't get the TV shows themselves. As more and more stuff is available through web, what people are using the web for (when it comes to television) is, well, *watching* television shows. And I'm not saying that there aren't people who use web-based program guides every day and get a lot of value out of them -- there are, but it's not an increasing number of people. We had ideas for Couchville that would take it beyond just a program guide. We thought about turning it into a social network so people could connect around TV shows that they watched. We thought about making it so users could edit program guide data to make it better a la imbd (and in turn use that better data in Beyond TV). We thought about making it the best online program guide for DVR owners (ie integration with different DVRs, including Beyond TV). So there were lots of ideas but when the business model for Couchville came under pressure in the past few months, when we realized that we couldn't keep doing it as a hobby and had to make a decision to really get behind it or abandon it and we decided on the latter in favor of focusing on our PC DVR software." To be clear, SnapStream is not in the Deadpool. We just shutdown Couchville to sharpen our focus on our television search product (http://www.snapstream.com/enterprise/) and our consumer PC DVR product (http://www.snapstream.com/beyondtv/). In both of these areas, we are doing very well.

And for those of you interested in more background on the shutdown, from our forums posting about the shutdown:

“From a product strategy standpoint, a web-based program guide is kind of a tease. Sure you get to read information about TV shows, but you don’t get the TV shows themselves. As more and more stuff is available through web, what people are using the web for (when it comes to television) is, well, *watching* television shows. And I’m not saying that there aren’t people who use web-based program guides every day and get a lot of value out of them — there are, but it’s not an increasing number of people. We had ideas for Couchville that would take it beyond just a program guide. We thought about turning it into a social network so people could connect around TV shows that they watched. We thought about making it so users could edit program guide data to make it better a la imbd (and in turn use that better data in Beyond TV). We thought about making it the best online program guide for DVR owners (ie integration with different DVRs, including Beyond TV). So there were lots of ideas but when the business model for Couchville came under pressure in the past few months, when we realized that we couldn’t keep doing it as a hobby and had to make a decision to really get behind it or abandon it and we decided on the latter in favor of focusing on our PC DVR software.”

]]> By: plop http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990026 plop Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:18:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1990026 yea its like the obituaries column plop yea its like the obituaries column

plop

]]> By: Ze'ev http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1989895 Ze'ev Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:52:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1989895 bit of a morbid fascination w/ the dead companies going on here bit of a morbid fascination w/ the dead companies going on here

]]> By: Jon http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1989876 Jon Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:34:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1989876 "Michael said Couchville did one thing right, just a shame that one thing wasn’t sustainability." I don't mean to laugh at other peoples misfortunes but I love this quote... I got to remember to use it one day and not become a victim of it myself! ;-) Jon http://buzvia.com - Share Influence “Michael said Couchville did one thing right, just a shame that one thing wasn’t sustainability.”

I don’t mean to laugh at other peoples misfortunes but I love this quote… I got to remember to use it one day and not become a victim of it myself! ;-)

Jon
http://buzvia.com - Share Influence

]]> By: anish http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1989863 anish Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:22:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1989863 There goes another one.... sad :( R.I.P couchville 17-OCT-2006 - 14-FEB-2008 Anish There goes another one…. sad :(

R.I.P couchville
17-OCT-2006 - 14-FEB-2008

Anish

]]> By: Brian Kinney http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1989861 Brian Kinney Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:20:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/14/couchville-joins-the-deadpool/#comment-1989861 That is to bad. I didn't use the site often but whenever I needed a convenient TV guide couchville was the first and only site I'd go to. That is to bad. I didn’t use the site often but whenever I needed a convenient TV guide couchville was the first and only site I’d go to.

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