mortslim wrote: > > 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. > Just out of interest: - Is Deezer available for Roku ? - Is Spotify available for Roku ? - Is Rhapsody available for Roku ?
The problem with the Roku model as far as I understand is that it expects the content provider to do development to support a Roku specific protocol only used by Roku devices. If the content provider doesn't consider Roku to be big enough this will likely result in that you will never get access to their service on a Roku device. As you say, the problem with the Logitech model is that if a content provider want to be on mysqueezebox.com the Logitech model presumes Logitech is willing to do development to support the service. One advantage with the Logitech model is that it kind of support both models, it's just that it needs a plugin and a locally installed SBS/LMS to support a similar model as Roku which means that you need to have a computer powered on to use some services. This is also an advantage if Logitech would stop selling Squeezeboxes, they can still continue to work great for existing and new services using a local LMS installation even without involving Logitech at all. Do you know if Roku have any solution similar to LMS where you can run a local service and add support for services which the content providers doesn't want to offer support for ? To me it kind of feels like the Logitech model might be preferred as long as Logitech is willing to invest the necessary resources and the Roku model is preferred as long as the content provider is willing to invest the necessary resources. However, I can agree that one problem with the Logitech model is that Logitech tends to stop the development when they have enough functionality to advertise the streaming provider, after this the streaming provider might add more functionality but in many cases that functionality doesn't get available on the Squeezebox integration. Such scenario is probably less likely to happen with the Roku model as long as the content provider needs to update the Roku integration to keep existing customers or get new customers. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95603
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