Updates from around the nets:

Time Warner Cable has created tiered broadband pricing. After 40G of downloads, you will pay extra. An alternative perhaps to net-favouritism strategies like slowing traffic, the plan may impinge the flow of BitTorrent and other piracy-laden file sharing methods. On the other hand, coming just at a time when the market for media online is about to break, the strategy could have retarding consequences. But won’t some other company just come along and offer unlimited access and grab TW’s customer base? I guess they aren’t worried.

Netflix expects to double their subscriber base in the next 10 years, with streaming leading the way- clearly this is the service customers desire. But will this model produce revenue for filmmakers? If Netflix can own serious marketshare (and they are making good inroads) the key will be in the contracts.

Hot on the heels of Netflix’s Roku set-top box release comes the Verismo Box, which allows users to show downloaded content directly on a TV without any computer required. Not only can users watch YouTube, Amazon Unbox, and CinemaNow, but any other media they download from BitTorrent- making it a potential Pirate’s Apple TV.

Of course, soon the kids will just make their own boxes.

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