Friday, February 28, 2014
Sony moves to sell cable tv via the internet
This past Tuesday Sony stated that it would start testing a "cloud-based TV service" later this year. The service would include a package of live television channels, on-demand TV episodes and a digital video recorder. This kind of bundle is similar in idea and price to the subscriptions sold by Comcast, DirecTV and Verizon FiOs, but is delivered through an existing Internet connection. This would give a larger variety of options customers. A consumer could buy broadband from an existing provider like Comcast or Verizon then choose from any virtual cable providers including Sony. This would allow live streaming on many mobile devices as well as television screens.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/01/07/technology/enterprise/sony-tv/index.html?iid=SF_T_River
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What an interesting read! This is a fantastic idea but it is very similar to a lot of what other businesses are doing. I am unsure of whether or not it will be successful due to the fact that many people already belong to comcast, directv etc. but who knows! It could be successful especially if they make it different from what the other companies have done. Great job! Keep up the good work! (:
ReplyDeleteI don't think it would be big. Due to the fact that there more companies to compete with other then DirectTV and Comcast. Take a look at Netflix and why they are successful. Other than they should create an idea far more cooler than what they are doing now.
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