Tong writes about the rise of BitTorrent. He’s right. I am one of those millions who download my favorite TV shows and watch them when it’s convenient for me. Why don’t I use a PVR? My satellite provider, ExpressVu, provides a PVR that, politely put, is garbage. No search capability worth talking about, no "season’s ticket", and no HD. It’s little better than a VCR built around a hard disk.
What I want is an HD version of TiVO or Replay that can grab shows off the web with BitTorrent if I miss recording to disk when the show is aired. Why is this so hard?
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
