Technology10.10.2005
Web-based video far off
News.Com reports that the likely reason for the delay is the fact that cable and satellite TV companies want to protect their turf and continue to make consumers buy 200 channels worth of content.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is quoted as saying he is confident the forces of freedom will win, but it will take a long time.
There are also technological reasons likely to cause delays.
Hastings points out that video-over-the-Web must be good enough for fancy equipment, like 50-inch plasma TVs, saying the Internet is not quite geared up for that yet.
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