OnDemand is in Demand

I’ve been an On-Demand junkie ever since the service was first introduced. That’s why I won’t switch from Comcast to any other provider. It’s not that the others don’t have the same kind of features. It’s that the actual quantity of content available with Comcast’s On-Demand can’t be beat. I could watch a movie (many great classics are free), a sitcom, a National Geographic documentary, a 5-minute Beavis and Butt-head cartoon, an episode of the Three Stooges, a workout video, a cooking lesson, a speech by President Obama…the choices are endlesss.

Now it looks like On Demand is going to be online at no additional charge to Comcast costumers. Sites like Hulu will probably see a shrinkage of users now that Comcast is entering the VOD market. According to Silicon Alley Insider:

“Cable companies like Comcast, Time Warner Cable (TWC), etc., generate a huge chunk -- say, around half -- of the revenue for cable networks. TV ads generate about half, too. Meanwhile, online ads generate very little. That is why Food Network might hypothetically put ten seasons of "Good Eats" on Comcast's 'OnDemand Online' but not on Hulu.”

http://www.businessinsider.com/comcasts-ondemand-online-web-video-service-coming-this-year-2009-2

Comcast’s selection will probably be much better than the random selection of these other sites and will probably run much smoother. Now we’ll be able to watch OnDemand from work or on a plane…I know I’ll be reading fewer and fewer books.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/160014/comcast_ondemand_goes_online.html