Dovetail.tv, a San Francisco start-up that formed 18 months ago, aims to tackle the problem facing frustrated film-makers — who create shows but have no way to make money off them.
Dovetail is using a new mix of technologies. First it is focused on delivering high-definition video. Second, it is building a platform to serve advertising in these videos, but is also considering a subscription service. Jason Holloway, chief executive, told us Dovetail is different from competitor Akimbo because it doesn’t require you to purchase any hardware.
Dovetail delivers HD video with digital rights management (DRM), which protects content producers, he said. It also distributes its video through peer to peer technology, which lowers cost. Holloway said Dovetail is the way of the future. It will deliver content to the home PC, and will count on technology trends and habits to change rapidly — so that connecting the PC to the TV will soon be normal. Dovetail is self-funded, but is approaching investors and strategic partners • but he said rumors that Dovetail is about to get bought are “exaggerated.”
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Ken Berger said:
“Rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated”.
Dovetail = great company and offering!
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SplashCast said:
[...] I would love to see Dovetail succeed. Matt Marshall wrote in September that the company “will count on technology trends and habits to change rapidly — so that connecting the PC to the TV will soon be normal.” That could be a difficult strategy if the PC to TV technology keeps coming out with “walled garden” types of partnerships between the hardware producers and select content partners, as I believe has been the case lately. [...]