mortslim wrote: > Although Squeezebox may provide good control of a local server-based > music database, the demographic trend for future marketplace growth, as > seen in the recent prior posts, is for internet streaming music. This > is where Squeezeboxs problem is. > > The squeezebox walled garden approach is falling behind the > marketplace. End-users beg for new services and request updates to > existing services, and Logitech is either non-responsive or slow in > responding. > > If Logitech wants to continue to be a player in the music delivery > arena, it should be looking to Roku for a model business plan. Roku > sells 3 different boxes, with its top of the line priced at $100. and > going downwards from there (far cheaper than squeezebox in this cost > conscious world). And Roku is an open platform. > > Here is how Roku works with content developers: > > An open platform, Rokus Streaming Player enables content owners to > bypass traditional distribution routes and reach views and consumers > directly. Rokus platform allows a wide variety of channels and > monetization options. > > There is no fee for joining the Roku Developer Program or for > publishing a Roku Channel. > > Roku does not host any content. Your Roku channel connects to your > existing service and servers or CDN to locate and stream your content. > > http://www.roku.com/developer > > I arranged for the Stitcher podcast service top brass to contact > Logitech to host the Stitcher service on the squeezebox platform. > Logitech wasnt interested. That was frustrating for me and really > crystallized Logitechs problem with squeezebox. Content providers want > control of their own hosting service, rather than be captive to > Logitechs whims. > > Both consumers and developers want more than Logitech currently offers. > Unless squeezebox can meet these dual challenges, it will squander any > hope of future opportunities.
Using Roku as an example of how Logi could progress is a red-herring. Roku is an utter mess of trivial channels, utterly rubbish channels and channels which don't work. Most of the other channels are simply pay-for-old-movies channels. And the whole outfit is being screwed down with the major involvement of Dishworld and Murdoch's News Corporation. the only decent channel is BBC iPlayer. There's a huge internet radio market out there, and Logi is a market leader if not the best provider of hardware and software support. It does fall down in promoting its products, and possibly in developing new products. I've tried lots of different internet streamers and Logi's audio products are the best available to the ordinary user. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95603
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