RichC

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10.13.2005

Jobs and Disney back together (but not Eisner.)

Despite ending it's distribution deal with Disney, Steve Jobs decided that Apple should partner with them to offer VOD (video on demand,) in the new iPod.
This is the sneaker bomb.
Rumors of video capabilities had been floating around for a while, and that's where the attention is directed. But what about opening up (again,) a whole new market? Comcast and other cable providers have been making money with VOD, but it wasn't the cash cow that analysts had hoped it would be. Issues from time to download, to cost to ease of use have kept the cable companies from making serious inroads to middle America.

But Apple has caché and a reputation inciting others to follow, and Disney owns property and a lot of property at that. Hell in Chicago alone they own 4 radio stations and 1 tv station.

They also partially own TiVo.

So, lets distill it down;
VOD - unfulfilled yet cool concept
Jobs - geek visionary whether you agree with him or not
Apple - running hot with control of markets they have targeted
Pixar - Fantastic family movies and obvious tie ins with Apple
Disney - Uber-Co with content out the wazoo and new non-Eisner CEO
TiVo - Commanding Market share

Motley Fool, Big Picture, and lots of others are revving up the pundit machine, myself included.

Maybe the iPod will get bigger to accommodate a larger screen. I'll be content to just wait and see.

1 Comments:

  • At 9:50 AM, Blogger Ubermilf said…

    You are in charge of tracking technology in our family.

    Unless it's cupcake baking technology, that is. I'm all over that.

     

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