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Skype founders gunning for Netflix with Vdio

46 points by tilt 15y ago

Rotor 15y ago
This could be an optimal moment for a Netflix competitor to step in given Netflix's recent issues. Vdio will probably have the same content licensing and windowing issues. Not an easy hurdle to overcome.
- nobody314159 15y ago
  If MSFT are backing them they $=infinity money to buy content. MSFT is a little scared that Apple and Google will own all online content. If MSFT can persuade Hollywood that Google is an evil monopolist and they are better helping a young MSFT upstart then they may get more content more easily.
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  - michael_h 15y ago
    i'm not sure why you would think that Microsoft is backing them.
toisanji 15y ago
Hopefully this will do a lot better than their last attempt at video, joost, which turned out to be a complete failure. http://www.google.com/search?gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=joost+failure http://www.google.com/search?gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&i...
joenathan 15y ago
What a horrible name, trying to tell someone about the site would prove to be difficult.
- timjahn 15y ago
  I do think that's a valid concern. Whenever I recommend Rdio to people, I'm never sure how to say it. I usually say "R D O" but sometimes I think maybe it's "radio" or "Erdio".
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  - bennesvig 15y ago
    R-dee-o. Love the service, but I was confused about how to pronounce it for the first few months.
- 9999 15y ago
  The first thing I thought was Venereal Disease I/O.
lukev 15y ago
As long as it can help beat the content providers more quickly into their only ultimately tenable position (all content available online, from one service or another), I'm all for it. To be honest, I don't even care about price that much at this point in history. The fact that there are lots of movies and shows (Game of Thrones, anyone?) that are not digitally available at all is absurd. Having more competing VOD services negotiating with providers can only make things better.
chrischen 15y ago
Is this and Rdio somehow related?
- sandieman 15y ago
  Yet it's more like spotify as its exclusive to UK initially
- chrisboesing 15y ago
  GigaOm now has a confirmation[1] with a short Q&A that says "VDIO and Rdio are run by separate teams". [1] http://gigaom.com/video/vdio-janus-friis/ http://gigaom.com/video/vdio-janus-friis/
shoota 15y ago
I'm sure that content producers want to be involved in an upstart by the founders of the filesharing network Kazaa.
jmcnevin 15y ago
As an rdio subscriber, a streaming video service that offered some sort of integration with rdio would be pretty interesting. A single subscription plan that would allow for unlimited streaming of music AND movies could be huge.

46 points by tilt 15y ago

Rotor 15y ago

This could be an optimal moment for a Netflix competitor to step in given Netflix's recent issues. Vdio will probably have the same content licensing and windowing issues. Not an easy hurdle to overcome.

nobody314159 15y ago
If MSFT are backing them they $=infinity money to buy content. MSFT is a little scared that Apple and Google will own all online content. If MSFT can persuade Hollywood that Google is an evil monopolist and they are better helping a young MSFT upstart then they may get more content more easily.
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- michael_h 15y ago
  i'm not sure why you would think that Microsoft is backing them.

toisanji 15y ago

Hopefully this will do a lot better than their last attempt at video, joost, which turned out to be a complete failure. http://www.google.com/search?gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=joost+failure http://www.google.com/search?gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&i...

joenathan 15y ago

What a horrible name, trying to tell someone about the site would prove to be difficult.

timjahn 15y ago
I do think that's a valid concern. Whenever I recommend Rdio to people, I'm never sure how to say it. I usually say "R D O" but sometimes I think maybe it's "radio" or "Erdio".
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- bennesvig 15y ago
  R-dee-o. Love the service, but I was confused about how to pronounce it for the first few months.
9999 15y ago
The first thing I thought was Venereal Disease I/O.

lukev 15y ago

As long as it can help beat the content providers more quickly into their only ultimately tenable position (all content available online, from one service or another), I'm all for it. To be honest, I don't even care about price that much at this point in history. The fact that there are lots of movies and shows (Game of Thrones, anyone?) that are not digitally available at all is absurd. Having more competing VOD services negotiating with providers can only make things better.

chrischen 15y ago

Is this and Rdio somehow related?

sandieman 15y ago
Yet it's more like spotify as its exclusive to UK initially
chrisboesing 15y ago
GigaOm now has a confirmation[1] with a short Q&A that says "VDIO and Rdio are run by separate teams". [1] http://gigaom.com/video/vdio-janus-friis/ http://gigaom.com/video/vdio-janus-friis/

shoota 15y ago

I'm sure that content producers want to be involved in an upstart by the founders of the filesharing network Kazaa.

jmcnevin 15y ago

As an rdio subscriber, a streaming video service that offered some sort of integration with rdio would be pretty interesting. A single subscription plan that would allow for unlimited streaming of music AND movies could be huge.