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Comcast did a great job with Fancast

Fancast

Now this looks well executed. Another way to view full length TV shows without having to be stuck in front of the TV. Cool. I’d like an option to view videos full screen but I do like that it’s well integrated with my existing Comcast service AND they are soon to let me control my Comcast DVR from here. This will allow me to set schedules, recordings etc direct from my PC which is fairly handy. Me like.

When people see stuff like this, it becomes all the more clear why Comcast recently pumped some money into a P2P delivery technology like GridNetworks. At some point, people want to see HD content from the web and existing web plumbing just isn’t going to like the masses sucking down 2MB streams of Desperate Housewives. Will Comcast one day offer their own branded P2P download for HD streamers? I vote yes. Give it another year. As an adviser to GridNetworks, I know the P2P technology space is crowded but I also know that whenthese big cable and media companies use their marketing muscle to get the mainstream audience to start consuming this fat content en masse then we’ll all be running “helper apps” on our home media servers.

January 8, 2008 | Filed Under Inspiration, Media, Start-ups 

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