Comments on: The television flip of 2008 http://almaer.com/blog/the-television-flip-of-2008 blogging about life, the universe, and everything tech Sat, 08 Sep 2012 07:06:53 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Michael Mahemoff http://almaer.com/blog/the-television-flip-of-2008/comment-page-1#comment-37699 Michael Mahemoff Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:21:45 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/the-television-flip-of-2008#comment-37699 Good point ... only one technical correction: YouTube didn't exist in 2004 (even if it sold for 1.6B in 2006!). During the 2004 election, there was the JibJab "This Land" video going round and IIRC the creators had to pay a fortune in bandwidth bills as they had no real option but to host it themselves. Good point … only one technical correction: YouTube didn’t exist in 2004 (even if it sold for 1.6B in 2006!).

During the 2004 election, there was the JibJab “This Land” video going round and IIRC the creators had to pay a fortune in bandwidth bills as they had no real option but to host it themselves.

]]> By: Jesse Kuhnert http://almaer.com/blog/the-television-flip-of-2008/comment-page-1#comment-37692 Jesse Kuhnert Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:39:11 +0000 http://almaer.com/blog/the-television-flip-of-2008#comment-37692 It makes me feel so dirty to even say it, but I'm starting to like the xbox ability to watch tv shows / movies more and more. If you've had to go from tivo to "OnDemand" you'll know how depressing the transition can be. At least the console has an ok UI and I don't have to bother with commercials. Seems like the kind of place where more independent minded writers could flourish. (if it weren't for the eVil overlords that probably control the content there ;) ) It makes me feel so dirty to even say it, but I’m starting to like the xbox ability to watch tv shows / movies more and more. If you’ve had to go from tivo to “OnDemand” you’ll know how depressing the transition can be. At least the console has an ok UI and I don’t have to bother with commercials.

Seems like the kind of place where more independent minded writers could flourish. (if it weren’t for the eVil overlords that probably control the content there ;) )

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