Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Boxee, ESPN discuss cable-cord cutting and online TV - Digits - WSJ

May 12, 2009

Online video has become much more available to consumers in recent years, but its providers disagree over how much it will complement or cannibalize traditional television.
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At the Streaming Media East conference in New York, Damon Phillips, a vice president at ESPN360.com, said he knows what it’s like to lose the battle for the TV remote and often watches games on his PC while his daughter sits in front of “Hannah Montana” on the tube. “It fuels more consumption across all of our platforms,” he said...