Cablevision, PC to TV Streaming - Is iTV, Cable and IPTV Merging?
Cablevision, more recently in the news for their brew ha ha with Scripts network and currently with ABC/Disney over carriage fees is innovating.
With their announcement of a "First-of-its-Kind Service That Will Seamlessly Connect Computer and Television Screens With the Press of a Button", I wonder where the lines between iTV, IPTV and cable will merge? Read the press release
The PC (MAC, later on) will allow users to view content from sites like Hulu and YouTube on their TV sets in addition to personal media, photos, videos and music, this much like Tivo does now I'd imagine with an assigned IP address. What's interesting other then innovation and Cablevision in the same sentence are some productivity apps such as email, and documents though there is no word if these are their own apps, opensource or commercial software.
What's potentially interesting is having capabilities without the need for additional boxes (though no word if you'll be able to use your PC as a DVR bi-directionally) especially if you can use your existing software apps within a multi-taking environment though I've not seen a UI come close in terms of ease of use and navigability to Tivo and I've seen most of them...
