Comments on: Internet Broadcasting tests video player

By: Gorman

Gorman — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:06:12 +0000

Kind of off-tangent, but are there any plans by the nets to allow their prime time programming be displayed in this method on affiliate Web sites? I know ABC allows a co-branded player link off of the affil’s site, but it still feels like you’re going to ABC.com and has very little local feel.

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:34:14 +0000

Tonto Weinstein works for an IB customer? Which one?

By: tdc

tdc — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:08:45 +0000

ed,

that “frothing” comment is quite ironic as it was(and quite often is) an ib investor’s employee who wrote the post.

i kinda figure if “you” post it here you WANT feedback.

By: The Watcher

The Watcher — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:17:59 +0000

Gees all this complaining and no one noticed that the title was misspelled? How do you spell FEUD???? Gees These new J school college grads need to spend less time in front of their x boxes and a little more time in front of their books.

By: tbd

tbd — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:32:20 +0000

Tonto - You still didn’t answer Ed’s question: What doesn’t work for you on your Mac? What’s “not so hot” about it?

By: Tonto Weinsten

Tonto Weinsten — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:19:53 +0000

Aw Ed, c’mon, show me the love. Do you know why this place loses its mind when IB is mentioned? Because we’ve worked with these people. In my case, more than I care to.

Their compatibility with anything other than Windows is done begrudgingly, and previously, poorly.

The only thing I’ve seem from them that’s compelling is their content management system, which of course, only a handful of the world sees. What everyone sees is, well, not so compelling.

So yeah, I’m not surprised that it doesn’t work so hot on a Mac. But I’m willing to give them “props” for at least having it into the beta. Worldnow still seems stuck in the “your browser is not supported” world.

By: JoeMo

JoeMo — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:47:36 +0000

The player itself looks ok, aesthetically speaking. Seriously though, not much to creating a player like this in flash, could probably be hammered out in a day or two so I don\’t see why this took so long.

You want to see a cool flash live streaming player, check out - http://tv.shopnbc.com/

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:34:05 +0000

Tonto, I had no trouble using it on Safari.

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:16:17 +0000

What doesn’t work for you on the Mac, Mr. Well Endowed?

Everything works just fine for me in Firefox on my Mac.

This place just sorta loses it when IB is mentioned - the crackpots all materialize and start frothing.

By: tdc

tdc — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:16:48 +0000

right on, drew.

unlike many others, i have no problem with repurposed content… provided it is repurposed from the up-to-the-minute web to the late-to-the-party 5,6 and 10pm newscast.

By: Tonto Weinstein

Tonto Weinstein — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:53:47 +0000

Meh, as usual IB falls on their faces when it comes to making product work on the Mac.

By: Michael Gay

Michael Gay — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:34:44 +0000

Anonymous, sounds like you know something I don’t. Our stations were all given the specs at which they should produce video. E-mail me if you know otherwise.

By: Drew

Drew — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:32:04 +0000

I think TDC means that viewers increasingly go to a website with the expectation that they will see fresh content..just like TV. Here in NYC something happens. A steampipe explosion on 41st Street for example. You’re 6 blocks away (as my friend was) and you have no idea what is going on. At home, I popped on NY1 and found out quickly that it wasn’t another terrorist attack. Until local TV sites can offer that kind of immediacy (that you can tune in to) they will become increasingly irrelevant. I mean who really cares about a trivial gas station war? What advertiser wants the demo that does?

By: Dirk F.

Dirk F. — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:39:23 +0000

tdc,
What are you talking aboutt?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:12:31 +0000

Michael,
You know that the quality of the video is independent of the presentation and function of the player.