USUALLY, THE MORE adult-oriented internet services are Charlie's domain, but when an eagle-eyed INQ reader passed this one along it was hard to pass up.
If you thought that the internet-IPTV world was getting a little bit boring with Joost and YouTube hogging all the limelight, along comes FyreTV - a set top box designed purely to download filth.
The service - which is currently in beta, and due to launch at CES / AVN in a few weeks - allows users to stream DVD-resolution pornography to a broadband-connected set top box. The box is designed to do nothing beyond connect to the FyreTV service and download and although it is a fairly discreet black design, it will be hard to escape visitors spotting your single-purpose porn box and arriving at some immediate conclusions.
When up and running, the service will allow you to select from a wide variety of movies by search term, category, performer or even particular performer characteristics (which we can but imagine). Sticking to the DVD theme, you'll be able to navigate through a movie by scene selection, allowing you to skip forward to the, ahem, good bits.
We can only assume that interested beta participants will head over to the surprisingly SFW FyreTV.com. µ
Working at an IPTV-operator myself I don't see why you should limit yourself to porn. Sure, porn sells, but there is no reason why you can't offer full TV service through an IP multicast network, which my employer in fact does. Naturally, we have a VOD (Video On Demand) service as well, including the obligatory naughty flicks. But being able to rent a movie just by grabbing the remote is all good for regular films as well. -- Max Romantschuk