Connected TV points the way forward for the internet of things

In order for the internet of things – or even the connected home itself – to reach the mainstream like connected TV before it, today’s participants must learn from the past. While Boxee’s product was rightly a favorite of the tech elite, it was inaccessible to the mainstream consumer due to a lack of retail distribution and more importantly, a content strategy that bucked the way the media industry worked. As a result, retailers and content providers that could have been active promoters had their underlying business models threatened, and as a result, pushed other solutions. - Mike Harris, Zonoff

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