tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794851864988490752.post2458856622818748097..comments2023-08-16T08:39:11.540-04:00Comments on Sprizouse: Can Comcast or Verizon take down YouTube?Sprizousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06764449113845175440noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794851864988490752.post-78819963658208158162008-11-20T16:56:00.000-05:002008-11-20T16:56:00.000-05:00Sometimes, with all the work and studying, it's ea...Sometimes, with all the work and studying, it's easy to forget what's so great about school... but then I remember that rarely do I get such wonderful, intellectual feedback on my thoughts and ideas than from my professors (apologies to my gifted parents aside). <BR/><BR/>I received two wonderful pieces of feedback today from one of my Information Systems professors. <BR/><BR/>Firstly, concerning this blog post, he mentioned that if Comcast wants to consider itself a media/content company (or some kind of media/content - infrastructure hybrid) then it has to also recognize potential threats to its Fancast (www.fancast.com) property by companies like Joost (www.joost.com) and Veoh (www.veoh.com).<BR/><BR/>The latter two websites have a large amount of tv and movie content (something Comcast is attempting to do with Fancast). <BR/><BR/>This only adds fuel to the fire that (in my opinion) to truly rise above both YouTube and these upstarts, Comcast's best weapon is to pursue the creation of a "user-upload" system through their digital receivers.Sprizousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06764449113845175440noreply@blogger.com