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The Real Macworld Scoop: Video Podcasts on Apple TV

Posted Jan 16, 08 12:38 PM CST in Business,  Technology 

(Newser) – Thin laptops and online movie rentals got the hype, but NY Times blogger Saul Hansell says the real news from Macworld is the inclusion of video podcasts on Apple TV. This opens up a new world of free, ad-supported, on-demand programming on our televisions, which he predicts will eventually outperform paid show downloads from iTunes.

The format could do for television what blogs did for writing, Hansell writes, and is a step closer to the "browser for television that many TV watchers have been wishing for." It isn't just wannabe lonelygirls who make video podcasts—networks are starting to release some of their content for free with ads, which could usher a whole new strategy for distribution.

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs, right, talks with Google founder Sergey Brin, left, as Google CEO Eric Schmidt, center, looks on after Jobs' keynote at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 15,...   (Associated Press)
Attendees look at the new AppleTV on Apple iPhones at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)   (Associated Press)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up an Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, in this Jan. 9, 2007 file photo.. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)   (Associated Press)
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