Cable companies muscle in on internet TV - By: Paddy Chang

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CBS is taking the iPhone where no iPhone has gone before.
Good news for iPhone owners into Scifi. Star Trek complete with strange outfits and pointy ears can be viewed on your mobile device.

Star Trek:-
“Space…The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before!”
The hit Scifi series set during the 23rd century where Earth has survived World War III then moved on to explore the stars. Humanity has allied with other alien life..
CBS has released a software application allowing iPhone users to access streams from its TV website TV.com and watch full episodes of hit television shows including the original series of Star Trek and for non trekkies shows like C.S.I. amongst others. This is one up on Hulu who have no such app for the Apple mega phone.
Although many videos are available to watch on iPhone by using the YouTube and Joost apps. This is the first that has mainstream TV episodes to watch via Wifi or network connections.
Because the big internet TV websites like Hulu use Adobes Flash Player, which happens to be incompatible with iPhone and other mobile devices. You cannot view their content when you go walkabouts
Hulu has said in the past that it would like to see its streaming content delivered to more devices, but has yet to develop an application for mobile video players.
Its a good move by CBS after Hulu killed all its streaming content to the site as it can now appeal to mobile phone users wanting to watch TV shows on the move.
Now of course the other networks may feel obliged to provide TV streams for iPhone or lose out on that all important audience.

The cable companies are coming after online TV. There are a growing army of users viewing TV shows and movies online and for free. The cable companies are seeing this happen and are looking to get some of the action. They are all looking at creating online cable TV platforms but of course only if your paying.

The companies involved including all the big hitters like Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications , Cablevision, NBC Universal, News Corp. and Viacom are seriously looking at hitting the online audience before its too late.
The problem is that whilst operating via cable they have full control. The cable TV operators pay the networks a fee per subscriber every month for the right to carry channels. However this same content is then being viewed online for free after airing.
The idea of an online collaboration between cable operators and networks is not new and has been around for a while, however serious talks are now happening. We reported the Comcast online TV plan earlier this week.
NBC’s Universal Television Group president Jeff Gaspin, said:- “There’s pressure on all of us TV networks. We get paid quite a bit of money from cable operators. It is important we find ways to do business that protects that business model.”
At the same time, “consumers want content where they want it and when they want it,” Gaspin added. If the networks don’t provide it, “they’ll get it any way they can.”
Comcast spokesman Sam Schwartz, said the company isn’t looking at the effort as “some enormous new revenue opportunity” but wants to add value that will keep customers from leaving. Comcast calls its initiative “On Demand Online.” It is expected to be free to existing subscribers
Comcast may well just enhance the current line up of cable TV shows shown on Fancast.com, its Website TV aggregator for shows and movies for free internet tv watching, similar to Hulu.com.
It is expected that other cable operators will just direct customers to its existing website such as HBO.com, for online viewing.
MTV Networks executive Denise Denson, said the discussions were:- “a new and necessary testing ground for the industry.”
Online viewing is on the rise and the Cable operators know they have to make a move soon or may be left out altogether.
Recently Hulu, the NBC and Fox owned free streaming TV website has been pressurised from the content providers. Finishing its supply of TV shows to Boxee and TV.com.
Time Warner Spokesman Keith Cocozza commented:- “A TV everywhere solution could give consumers more for their money while also helping to preserve the current business model that is generating and delivering popular branded shows viewers want.”
So will the cable companies come out of this as the big bad wolf or enhance or online viewing pleasure? Watch this space.

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