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TiVo, Netflix sign movies-on-demand deal
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September 8, 2004 -
Video-on-demand startup Akimbo raises funds
July 12, 2004
The privately held company, based in San Mateo, Calif., makes the Akimbo Player, a set-top box that delivers hundreds of videos to television by way of Internet downloads. Seattle-based Amazon will be the
The device is now on sale at Amazon, though it hasn't started shipping, according to the retailer's site. An Akimbo representative said it should begin shipping next week. The company had originally
Akimbo has competition, however. Dave TV is another emerging video-on-demand player and service.
Just recently, Amazon was said to be
Still, Akimbo's Shannon is looking at multiple avenues to become the largest VOD service for the television. He said he plans to license the Akimbo service to other set-top box makers. And Shannon said at a recent industry conference that he has held talks with movie studios about bringing pay-per-view movies to the service.
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selections to be offered seem to be low in quality and narrow in
scope. No mention of using new high quality compression, so
downloads will be long. Unless something really spectacular gets
added to the deal, this product is a good one to ignore.