Steve Adams

November 23, 2010 at 3:38am

I guess I will have to build a HTPC and download all my content from one of the "other service providers" if you know what I mean. 

its still free,  and I will have them in my hard drive then!  there are so many asshats running the entertainment business now its gotten silly.  this,  the radio industry, music etc. 

I was all ready to have gtv installed in my home.  what an amazing product.  I agree that apple probably has something to do with it since google is taking a huge slice of the home baked goods in terms of phones,  and tablets once droid 2.2 is optimized for tabs.  Ilove is being dumped for products that are actually revolutionary....

BadCommand

November 22, 2010 at 11:03pm

Until the FCC steps in is never a good idea.  You would think these guys would have learned by now.

Peanut Fox

November 22, 2010 at 4:58pm

Maybe networks are receiving  pressure form cable providers.  I don't understand the point in BLOCKING viewers.  Isn't that how they judge success and make money?

aviaggio

November 22, 2010 at 4:07pm

What I don't understand is why doesn't Google just issue a firmware patch that changes the identifier they're using to block the boxes? If you make the boxes look like a web browser then they can't be blocked without taking out everyone. Problem solved.

Zachary K.

November 22, 2010 at 3:45pm

hooking up my desktop or laptop or HTPC to TV to watch full episodes - OK!

hooking up a PC called "google TV" - RAGE!

i don't get it.

sotoa

November 22, 2010 at 1:33pm

This stuff burns me up. PC is open and accessible, meanwhile a browser on your TV is shunned. I'd gladly watch double the commercials on Hulu. Networks just don't get it. There IS revenue to be made!

I so badly want to go over-the-top + over-the-air, but cut the cord. I guess we'll stick it out a little longer till these networks get their heads out of their butts.

Cache

November 22, 2010 at 1:02pm

So GoogleTV is left as the product without a service?  Too bad, really.  On the plus side, downloading content through my PC is much easier, and since I can toss that up on the big screen in my office... well, who needs legitimate business services when I can get what I want either way?

Let's face it, the TV networks are in serious danger of a massive revenue shift once advertizers wake up and realize that cable and sattellite viewership is going down.

keithfreitag

November 22, 2010 at 11:31am

blame it on the spoiled fruit

I almost want to bet that Apple is making some under the table negotiations with all these studios and stations to not allow google tv and by doing so gives them a better profit margin if/when they all go to the Apple TV product for streaming content via rental or purchasing.

Steve Jobs is the Devil and is using TSA tactics to get laid.

Keith

 

PS - MaxPC your filter isn't working, post below me is spam!

MdX MaxX

November 22, 2010 at 9:52am

I don't understand.  What's wrong with Google TV?  Why is it a threat to these companies?  Is it any different if someone goes to the site on their HTPC?

Eoraptor

November 22, 2010 at 9:51am

I love how all these networks are so butt-hurt over Google getting there first. (and by love, I mean hate with the white hot passion of a thousand burning suns) They were so content to just sit with their thumbs up their arses as the internet started to overtake traditional distribution methods for TV, then act like it caught them all by surprise and take their ball and go home, instead of taking advantage of the new revenue stream. What do these mornon's think is going to happen in about five years when we hit the tipping point, and more people are getting TV over IP rather than through coaxial cable or microwave satelite beams?

Blues22475

November 22, 2010 at 9:37am

Viacom would follow Fox: they lost the suit they made against You Tube a number of months ago.