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June 09, 2006
Zattoo= P2P + European TV + DRM
Looks like P2P streaming is attracting entrepreneurs and European broadcasters. We've been writing about Octoshape and now there's another entrant to mention, Zattoo.
The startup says it aims to deliver TV on the Web with the same quality as broadcast television, going for full DRM, authorized, and localized version of the service.
Based in San Francisco, with development in Ann Arbor and Zurich, Zattoo was co-founded by CEO Beat Knecht, a Swiss techie with management experience at UBS, McKinsey. Prior to founding Zattoo, he had been heading up marketing at Levanta (formerly Linuxcare) in San Francisco. Co-founder is CTO Sugih Jamin, an associate professor at Uni Chicago.
Zattoo debuts this week in Switzerland, broadcasting World Cup soccer matches for the national Swiss TV org Schweizer Fernsehen (SFI, 2 and TSR). It will be adding broadcasts from German, French, and Italian networks, as well as a smattering of news networks (Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, CNN etc)
We have an open question on the service - how does Zattoo know the location of the viewer? Is it based on the IP address or a virtual location based on email addresses? It must have some mechanism in place to restrict viewer access so that only those allowed to watch, based on the rights assigned the broadcaster, are given access.
Posted on June 9, 2006 07:40 AM | Posted to Broadband Services | Early stage | Media | Permalink
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