Comments on: WiTV from CrossCast Systems | Browser Based Joost Competition – Apple TV Friendly

By: Crosscast Version 2.0 | An Update On Progress With Lead Designer Mirco Pasqualini » Web TV Wire

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:44:08 +0000

[...] CrossCast is an Online UI and tools platform for production professionals. [...]

By: sergio

sergio — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:46:06 +0000

http://www.altabadiatv.it/witv/

By: The Collision of Traditional Television and IPTV at RipCode Blog

The Collision of Traditional Television and IPTV at RipCode Blog — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:05:32 +0000

[...] Television has traditionally been distributed by cable or satellite systems. Internet television or IPTV uses the Internet to deliver video from a source to a target device such as a Web browser or set-top box. Joost, VeohTV, WiTV, Babelgum and, most recently, Microsoft Internet TV are some of the prominent players jostling for market share in this rapidly emerging space. Additionally, sites such as YouTube Mobile and MySpace TV, two top online destinations, will continue to drive traffic and generate demand for online/mobile video consumption. (Brightcove has a good summary of why Internet TV matters.) The recent public beta of Joost, a raising star in this space, has generated a fair share of media coverage about the realities of Internet TV. The big question: Is the promise of high quality and snazzy user interface enough to pry eyeballs from traditional TV to Internet TV? Neither Brad Stone at Bits nor Michael Garrett at Web TV Wire seem impressed with Joost—citing bandwidth problems, overloaded P2P architecture, and general lack of incentive for users to interrupt Web browsing to watch Internet TV. Liz Gannes at NewTeeVee posted a great video interview with CEO Mike Volpiwho noted that Joost is targeted at the early adopters, not the mainstream TV consumer. This is fair commentary from the end user perspective. From RipCode’s perspective, we feel that Internet TV has already made significant inroads in capturing television eyeballs. The fact that a user-submitted YouTube parodyon Brittney Spears can secure over 10 million views in less than two weeks, thus rivaling the viewership metrics on an average prime-time television program, is a phenomenon that is hard to ignore. [...]

By: Markus

Markus — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:52:39 +0000

Does WiTv can scale up to millions users. Without a efficient P2P they will face a real problem ! It is why Joost can become better because with time they will always provide better quality.

Joost, Babelgum, ViewOn.Tv are peer to peer Tv, it is the only way to provide world Tv service today !

By: ojacq.com » Blog Archive » WiTV, una nueva plataforma de Internet TV

ojacq.com » Blog Archive » WiTV, una nueva plataforma de Internet TV — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:49:54 +0000

[...] Al final del artículo de WebTvWire comentan que al igual que joost,y otros competidores, WiTV tendrá problemas seguramente para conseguir contenidos. De hecho en un anterior artículo, comentaban que en principio WiTv lucharía contra Joost en la carrera por contenidos por parte de los grandes media como FOX o Sony por ejemplo. [...]

By: WiTV, la TV online sul tuo browser - TomStardust.com

WiTV, la TV online sul tuo browser - TomStardust.com — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:51:53 +0000

[...] WiTV, questo è il suo nome, è un progetto tutto italiano della CrossCast Systems che sta attirando l’interesse di molti siti specializzati, come WebTvWire. Tutto è ancora in fase di sviluppo, ed al momento non c’è nessuna beta aperta al pubblico, ma qualche importante dettaglio è già stato reso noto. [...]

By: WiTV - Will It Be Better Than Joost?

WiTV - Will It Be Better Than Joost? — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:07:08 +0000

[...] Babelgum decided to aim towards a more independent crowd, while Joost aimed straight for the big media companies for content and advertising. Now, according to WebTVWire, "WiTV is planning a head on collision with Joost by competition for the media giants." [...]

By: WiTV | Sneak Preview With Screenshots - Better than Joost? » Web TV Wire

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:27:36 +0000

[...] 2 Months ago I first heard about WiTV – A new Joost contender that offered a couple of cool features including integration with Apple products and being browser based (no software installation needed). [...]

By: marco

marco — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:46:51 +0000

I agree with chicago. p2p is one of the most “smart” stuff of the web! Use it instead of obsolete client/server architectue… IPTV is the future? OK! Let’s use solutions that look forward to the future!

By: Chicago

Chicago — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:49:07 +0000

Mumble mumble.. If it’s flash based, the publisher will need a very big infrastructure and a very big bandwidth to manage the streams. Especially for the HD streams… The p2p solutions are fantastic for scalability and bandwidth performance… I think it will be another “advanced flash video player”… Cheers