Image Quality Microsoft claims aside, the herky-jerky nature of streaming video may be acceptable for some analyst meetings or special announcements in which clients are willing to pay to stram their event online. But it's still hard to imagine consumers other than porn jockeys paying to watch an itty-bitty picture. The market for getting people to pay in advance for streaming video looks bleak, although some are testing it. Click for more . . If you can't get consumers to pay to watch an itty-bitty picture, you've got to place ads on the site.
Nobody has that figured out yet.
The technology for high-quality streaming video may not be far off. But the business model that supports non-porn streaming has yet to be discovered. Until that time, that naked emperor rules. Hit the TalkBack button and tell me what you think. Or go to my Berst Alerts Forum and stream about it.