Today, Allen and Mike return from the holdiday weekend after  extended travels to places like Phoenix Muni and the western suburbs of Chicago (Mike, that is).  What do we have to talk about? TV over the Web which is different than IPTV. Yes, yes it is different. 

Listen and see what we mean.

I admit I just don’t get this deal between Comcast and the networks. From my I can tell, the deal allows users to download recently aired programs for 99 cents. Is that right? Who is the target market…folks who cannot properly operate their digital video recorders? As a sample of one, I cannot think of a single program in my rotation (Miami CSI, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Vacation Challenge…) that I watch live. If I had to pay 99 cents per show to watch it the next day versus time-shifting it on my DVR, I’d hook up my old VCR and buy a bunch of blank VHS tapes from Radio Shack ®

The other point of confusion—can you download these shows on your PC? Everything I have read says no, but in watching CNN an hour ago, the network implied/inferred you could download the shows to your PC and maybe even put them on your iPod. I must have misunderstood.

Either the messaging here is bad, or I totally miss the point here. Can someone explain?