The technology needed to consistently deliver quality streaming video is still experimental. Hulu is experimenting with HD. Bandwidth availability nationwide is weak compared to what would be needed for HD streaming. Do you wonder what HD web site might not suffer from bandwidth problems for Comcast ISP customers? Hulu's distribution through Comcast’s Fancast, plus AOL, MSN, Yahoo, and MySpace, as well as its own web site, is clever.

For a TV VOD site, it's a strong beginning to create a "one-stop-shop". Other sites exist for the amateur or budding professional to display their wares. And the TV networks need to continue attracting viewers to their sites to promote new programming.

Let's all avoid the temptation to compare this experiment with YouTube or cable video-on-demand. It will mature in its own way.

On the distribution partners: the real opportunity is not necessarily controlling the player – it is in helping people find new video that interests them from all across the Web.

Based on our user feedback, users don't care where a video comes from or who has a distribution deal with who – they just want to find new, interesting video – fast. That is why we have focused on building out around Video Search & Discovery and supporting literally 100s of video players from thousands of video websites. A Player is the new Television Set – a delivery "device" – but it is the personalized programming of content that will be the big opportunity of the near future.

Frank Sinton
CEO
http://www.mefeedia.com