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Free idea: Create an app that provides a TiVo-like experience to all web video. You could "record" channels from YouTube the same way you'd queue TED, or even H
by iamdann 15y ago
Free idea: Create an app that provides a TiVo-like experience to all web video. You could "record" channels from YouTube the same way you'd queue TED, or even Hulu+, Netflix, et all.
Your app would automatically pull new streaming episodes for you to watch and manage the same way people use DVRs on televisions.
If internet TV, and "television app" really are the next thing...if you build an amazing version of this now, you'll be set.
Not only that, but you'd encourage more people to produce content, since viewing it and following new episodes would all happen in one place.
- olex 15y agoAll the tech is in place, too. Havong a Torrent app with RSS support, I already have my homeserver box follow and automatically download new episodes of many series I watch, making them instantly available for my TV and other devices via DLNA. Webcomics almost all provide RSS, too, that can be followed by any RSS reader app. The only thing really missing is an all-in-one user-friendly package to put the whole experience together, to make it useable for an average consumer...
- krshmda 15y agoI've been doing this instead of satellite TV. $8/month for HD comedy, news and educational stuff (H+, CNN, YT). I think downloading will dominate the future more than streaming. It's just a better experience, you can skip forward ads and you can download off peak hours. Of course, capturing the RTMP data violates the user agreements but it should be fair to store the incoming data to play it back later.
- Professa 15y agoI think it may be the other way around. With the right curated lists of content, it would be more worthwhile to stream instead of downloading everything.
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