“I know Apple, and you’re no Apple… “This is a truly historical meeting of the established and new media,” said Les Moonves, the head of CBS, about his network’s new video partnership with Google. Um, no, Les. So far, it’s just a really crap web site,” Ashlee Vance writes in her review for The Register. “If, like us, you expected the new and improved Google Video service to rival something like Apple’s iTunes store, then do yourself a favor and don’t visit the Google shop for a few months. Google has done nothing to celebrate its unique access to shows such as CSI, Survivor and Star Trek. Instead, the company has buried CBS’s shows beneath a dismal interface wrapped in a shambles of a delivery mechanism.”
Vance asks, “Think we’re being too harsh? Have a look for yourself.”
Vance writes, “Google Video will no doubt improve over time. Coming out with such a poor initial service though is a huge mistake. Google would have done better to refine its product and release something that comes close to being Apple’s red-headed stepchild. We’re not even sure what life form Google Video is. It’s certainly not human.”
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Vance’s review is spot on. This thing from Google basically sucks worse than a 1.0 version of something from Microsoft. It’s that bad. Yuck.
CBS, hello? Mr. Moonves? Pick up the phone. Dial Steve Jobs’ number. Run over to Cupertino and sign on the dotted line. Stop screwing around. You’re supposed to be the “Tiffany Network,” your products should be available via Apple’s “Tiffany Media Portal.”
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