James Delahunty
10 Jan 2008 17:34
At the Adult Entertainment Expo, which opened in Las Vegas on Wednesday, some technology is being shown that will aid you in getting content for those nice and big flat-panel television screens shown off at CES at the exact same time. Miami-based entrepreneur Estefano Isaias is showing off Fyre, a Set-Top Box that delivers DVD-quality video content on demand. The entire catalog of Fyre is composed of adult video.
Fyre is simply connected via Ethernet to a network with a broadband Internet connection and hooked up to a TV. From there, a user can browse through a list of 20,000 titles that are already available. The device itself is free, but there are subscription options ranging from $10 to $100 per month.
For comparison, a mainstream service from Vudu Inc. offers up about 5,000 movies and works in much the same way as Fyre. The video is provided by the big names in Adult Entertainment, who get a share of Fyre's revenue from subscription fees. The content itself is protected from digital copying by use of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology.
The Fyre service has so many videos available that it now has a comprehensive search feature that allows a user to filter results based on the "stars", the content or other criteria. If you are not the least bit interested, you still must admire how the Adult Entertainment Industry stays on the cutting edge of content delivery technology.
Fyre was originally announced in April, but is still in beta phase today.
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Yahoo (AP)