Cable Industry Wary of Internet Protocol TV: A Content Delivery Technology That Makes Television Interactive

Abbey Klaassen writes:  "... 'This is the single biggest explosion for content,' said Josh Goldman, CEO of Akimbo, a company that delivers Web content to TVs and set-top boxes. 'We’ve already seen it in print and we’re seeing it right now in audio with MP3s. There’s no reason to think that it isn’t coming for the video world.'  ¶  IPTV also creates a host of new entrants to the video-delivery field, a turf formally owned by cable operators and satellite TV distributors. Telecoms Verizon and SBC are spending millions building high-speed networks that will deliver video and are lobbying lawmakers to grant them reprieve from the traditional franchise rules by which cable operators abide. ... Link:  Ad Age.