Tweets from Showstoppers at CES, 8 January 2009
8 January 2009 by Steve Blum
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broadcom, CES2019, consumer electronics, cruisecast, fyretv, meebox, plasticlogic, raysat, showstoppers, tikitag, via technologies
- New adult IPTV platform Fyretv.com sez 5K subs at launch a month ago, 27K more signed up & waiting for equipment. STB, basic lineup: $10/mo. Some biz models are recession proof.
- HD downloads caching on 1GB USB stick on Fyretv roadmap. Subs buy content but store it on Fyretv servers. Miami HQ, headend in Dallas colo.
- Fyretv OEMs STBs in China: Broadcom 7401 chip, mostly text & menu-based inhouse user interface on Linux kernel.