TECHPopuli: I want Video like my iPod

February 17, 2004

I want Video like my iPod

These guys are on the right track. Here's a quote, then I'll throw in my own 2 cents.

Akimbo, a start-up video-on-demand over IP service based here, said that next quarter it will launch a new personalized programming service and hardware that will deliver movies and specialized video content to subscribers’ TV sets over broadband connections.

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Akimbo will offer a hard-drive-equipped set-top box that will plug into a user’s cable, DSL or broadband satellite service to find and download hundreds of videos including movies, specialized television programs and eventually home made videos from its user community.

The system I'd like to see is like the Apple iPod/Apple Music Store. I want to use my regular computer to download videos that are then loaded into my TiVo (or other tivo-like device) and appear in my Now Playing list for viewing at my convenience.

Add to this an RSS type subscription so I can easily download new episodes of serial video programs. For example, I want to automatically download new programs that appear on the pretty cool Channel 101 site.

Posted by jackhodgson at February 17, 2004 11:09 AM