One of these which is starting to make a significant impact is Joost, which legally hosts many classic movies, such as Carnival of Souls, 39 Steps and various TV and music.
Joost is also available for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and I look forward to when there is a much less buggy version than the one currently in use.
Another very exciting development is Zattoo which allows users to legally watch channels such as BBC, ITV and C4 live on their computers. It is a fantastic program and I can see great potential for this.
In the last few months, Boxee has been causing great stirs due to the revolutionary way it generates data for the content you have already downloaded to your computer and also the way in which it integrates aspects of social networking. Boxee can also be run on AppleTV thus providing a very powerful media centre to your television.
As various media and platforms start to converge on a much more regular basis, we have seen Boxee provide content from the iPlayer and Joost. http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/19653/
Until very recently, Boxee allowed US users to access the fantastic service HULU, (alas not available to UK users), but HULU have withdrawn their services from boxee, which I consider to be negative for both HULU and boxee users.
Our content providers requested that we turn off access to our content via the Boxee product, and we are respecting their wishes. While we stubbornly believe in this brave new world of media convergence — bumps and all — we are also steadfast in our belief that the best way to achieve our ambitious, never-ending mission of making media easier for users is to work hand in hand with content owners. Without their content, none of what Hulu does would be possible, including providing you content via Hulu.com and our many distribution partner websites.
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