![]() ![]() In the end they only got Charter to take a relatively small number of boxes – and then only because Paul Allen also owned them. The switch to MSOs required redesigning the product to meet their requirements, and in the delay TiVo had time to add a lot of features, ReplayTV was spiraling the drain, and a lot of the original talent left for greener pastures. But then Digeo bought them and Paul Allen killed all of the retail plans with grand plans to sell the box to cable MSO instead. Way, way back Moxi was a leader – but that was *before* Digeo, the *original* Moxi box had a ton of features TiVo did not (yet) have, some it still doesn’t have (though they’re working on some, like real multi-room streaming), and some that were just out there like a web-cam attachment. Netflix has managed it so far, but only by getting the timing just right. But as the GigaOM folks point out, it’s always a challenge to meet the demands of a conservative content industry while still appealing to early-adopter consumers. Perhaps Boxee can succeed where Moxi has failed. ( CableCARD installation issues hamper retail DVR success, and Moxi initially also had no VOD offering because of CableCARD limitations.) Both companies got their products to market after multiple delays, but missed the window when their products were truly innovation leaders. Both ran into challenges around content security – Boxee with content distributors/producers, including Netflix, and Moxi with CableCARD. Both companies introduced revolutionary products that got a lot of people jazzed about a new paradigm for watching TV. However, in thinking about it further, I realized there are other parallels worth drawing between Boxee and Moxi. After all, Moxi didn’t do too well with its retail efforts either. Boxee announced today that its Netflix app has been delayed because of Netflix security requirements, and I joked on Twitter that maybe the company’s misfortunes are the fault of the “oxi” sound in its name. ![]()
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