Joox and hazards: Free TV online
Like most people in the Internet sector, was unsurprised at the emergence of sites like www.joox.net and www.tv-links.co.uk, which provide free streaming of TV and movies to anyone, anywhere for free. Having tried them out (for research purposes only, of course), they are pretty good - though Tv-links has too many broken Tv-links for my liking.
Free streaming of TV/movies had to happen sooner or later, but I have been surprised about three things:
a) You don't even need to register - you can just just tune in, switch on and stream.
b) Where's the revenue model? They don't offer subscription services or bombard you with advertising.
c) How are they surviving? Are the networks and entertainment corporations too focused on Google/YouTube to worry about a few thousand cheapskate geeks watching 24 for free? Perhaps - actually - yeah, that's it.
TV-Links.co.uk, free TV (and lots of broken links)
Having written that - I've just checked www.joox.net and it's down. It was there yesterday. Perhaps the Eye of Sauron has finally turned their way....
And I haven't seen The Last Kind of Scotland yet either. Jeez!
- Posted by lukebj on 31/05/2007.
- lukebj's site
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