Live Internet Television

Hi:

I don't like to download things onto my computer. The last time I did that, it was a virus and it cost me $100 to get rid of. Can we do this without a download.

I can totally appreciate your feelings against downloading apps; there has been a lot of damaging viral activity online over the years. The problems with offering a browser-based solution are these:

Encryption of content to protect content owners from piracy; the ivi TV model keeps TV free or low-cost (if people choose modular pay content) and actually encourages rather than discourages safe and legal sharing.

Performance: Whereas with web delivery, performance is dependent on your bandwidth and volume of traffic, the ivi download protects you against freezing, chittering ( a term I learned today!) and audio skips by reading your system capabilities and adjusting the audio/video quality to give you the best performance...no matter how many tens or millions of people are watching the same content. Web-based apps can't do that!

Lifestyle: With Browser-based applications for TV, you can't put the TV wherever you want on your desktop, resizing it at will. You have to choose between fullscreen and embedded views, which each preclude the use of other real estate in some way.

A good workaround for your issues with downlaods: Share the FREE http://ivi.tv/players/ntv09 promo player download link with a friend who is willing to download an app, and watch enough to see the difference and feel secure.

ivi is 100% virus-free, safe, legal, and LIVE — things you can't get in combination anywhere else.

Feel free to comment further: we love good discussions!

Got the player, it's like TV in a window, pretty f'ing kilr. Will keep up 2 date on the channel adds, I dig the music video channels.

I like "TV in a window" as a description. So glad you like the player, and I agree the music channels are superfun. And there's way more content in the pipeline.