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I think if the cable industry had a platform for developers to make apps (like on iphone/android etc), the cable software could have been much better. Look at t

by prat 17y ago

I think if the cable industry had a platform for developers to make apps (like on iphone/android etc), the cable software could have been much better. Look at time-warner/comcast/at&t interface - they all suck so much yet there is no one to tell them the first thing about good design or functionality. I think it is inevitable that this would change in the next few years (with entrants like apple or google in cable business) and you would have all the functionality of netflix on cable. This would be the end of dvds altogether and netflix would die as a business model just like blockbuster is dying today and video tapes died back in time.

mikeryan 17y ago
They do, there are two but they're just starting to get traction. tru2way is a standardized Java stack for set top boxes. EBIF is a scaled down interactive TV software for legacy boxes that can't do a full java stack. It's just starting to get deployed. Actually and Verizon is doing their own Lua based widget platform. But tru2way and EBIF are standardized so those will be run on multiple cable co's.
dasil003 17y ago
If you think the Cable companies can't design a good UI wait until you see their attempts at an SDK. Big telecom couldn't do what Apple does in their wildest dreams.