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A white label realtime companion site for sports games. People watching a game on tv can engage with other viewers online - chat, stats, form etc. The idea is t
by Throwaway53 16y ago
A white label realtime companion site for sports games. People watching a game on tv can engage with other viewers online - chat, stats, form etc. The idea is to license the system to teams/clubs to use on their own sites. The clubs sell the tv rights, but benefit from eyeballs on their own site at the same time as people are watching on tv. Clubs have ready access to sponsors etc. If I can get peoples attention during commercial breaks then my screen is as valuable as the tv, without the cost of actually buying any broadcasting rights.
- eitally 16y agoYou're going to be beat to this one by the big guys & their partners (Google TV, for instance). You won't be able to do it as well as they will, especially without device manufacturer partnerships.
- Throwaway53 16y agoI'm not disagreeing, but they are going for the tv. I'm aiming at a laptop/iPad on someone's couch. I may have misunderstood what google tv are doing though.
- DiabloD3 16y agoGoogleTV is a stand alone ARM box that runs Android, but with a special 10 foot interface (instead of a 10 inch interface used on phones). Basically, they're trying to compete with Boxee and XBMC and Apple iTV while offering native Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu apps. Plus, future GoogleTV platforms could be based on existing cable and sat boxes, allowing you to have GoogleTV alongside traditional content. In addition GoogleTV, seeing as it is Android, will have access to the Android App Store, and the Android SDK will be extended to support GoogleTV appropriately. tl;dr: Google is doing to the TV industry what they did to the cell phone industry.