Comments on: Rogers on Demand Online (#RODO) – An Initial Review

By: Name

Name — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:25:35 +0000

(1) But can I capture it? i.e. PVR like – capture it when available, play it back at my convenience, from my own machines, without incurring additional bandwidth?

(2) “is no longer in the cable TV business, but the video entertainment business.” Or, are they in the content provisioning business (preferred). Or, that (provisioning) AND content creation?

By: Name

Name — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:21:38 +0000

They say yes.

By: Name

Name — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:25:35 +0000

(1) But can I capture it? i.e. PVR like – capture it when available, play it back at my convenience, from my own machines, without incurring additional bandwidth?

(2) “is no longer in the cable TV business, but the video entertainment business.” Or, are they in the content provisioning business (preferred). Or, that (provisioning) AND content creation?

By: Name

Name — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:21:38 +0000

They say yes.

By: aou

aou — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:03:29 +0000

CTV, Global, CBC and others are already making their content available online to Canadians. So far – programming of them altogether is way better than one from Rogers. And you don’t have to be a Roger’s customer to whatch it.
Here is the list: http://diyfreetv.blogspot.com/2009/01/no-hulu-i...

By: Jayme

Jayme — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:05:42 +0000

I am not sure if those under private beta can answer this questions.

Channels
What channels are currenty listed.

Shows/Movies
What type of shows and movies are there.

By: Jayme

Jayme — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:42:56 +0000

Does anyone know if i have rogers cable and not rogers internetw ill i still be able to access this service.

By: Ryan Taylor

Ryan Taylor — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:42:53 +0000

If they support ppv on demand high quality sports matches live i.e. setanta/FSW/TSN specific EPL games, or NHL (Habs) rather than making me buy into expensive ‘packages’ I’m really interested. But I doubt this will happen.

By: jonlim

jonlim — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:12:32 +0000

This makes me excited - finally, we can stop seeing "Sorry, this content isn't available in your area."

I just hope that Rogers doesn't make all the really good content exclusive to those who subscribe to the extra channels. If that's the case, it would still be good, but it won't be as good as it could have been.

Either way, can't wait to try it!

By: ejbrooks

ejbrooks — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:59:26 +0000

I watched Supernanny last week on this (part of my ...research... Sure. I'll roll with that).

As a non-cable TV customer, I'm pretty excited that my wireless account gets me access to On Demand TV, such as the TV show mentioned above. I don't get these shows on my rabbit ears, necessarily, so I'm excited for, basically to me, a perk of being a Rogers customer.

Definitely some discussion needed about capping and data shaping but I think Rogers is trying to do right by their customers in some way. I think it is great move to open it up to all customers, regardless of service used, and especially to pre-pay users who are almost always ignored by their company.

I think this is a mark of things to come in 2010... I hope to see more and more good news stories from a telco company that is almost hated by everyone. Couple RODO, with the launch of what seems to be a well-functioning iPhone app today, and I'm tickled pink.