Channels.com: with a falling sky, an entrepreneur remains cheerful

Channels.com: with a falling sky, an entrepreneur remains cheerful

In spite of the economic doom and gloom right now coming from Wall Street, some unbridled optimism remains in corners of Silicon Valley.

I’m talking about the cheerfulness of Sean Doherty, the chairman of Channels.com, which is launching its web site a second time today, even amid crushing competition. Channels.com lets you subscribe to all sorts of serialized Internet videos (see our story 18 months ago). Doherty calls it his “DVR for web videos.” When I… Continue Reading

Channels.com, another guide to Web video

Channels.com, another guide to Web video

Everyone wants a piece of the El Dorado of video, and the latest Silicon Valley start-up effort is Channels.com.

Channels.com, of Palo Alto, Calif., aims to be your guide for video on the Web, a place akin to YouTube — but where you can go to get any of your favorite shows from places like NBC to the Discovery Channel and scores of other cable and TV broadcasters.

Channels.com is like another company, MeeVee, in that it… Continue Reading