Cool idea! On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Ernie Zahn <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hey all, > > Is there an open version of Fanhattan <http://www.fanhattan.com/>. And if > not, I'd totally be down for helping build that. > > If you're not familiar with Fanhattan it's an app that aggregates > entertainment media from various sources. It is not a portal to directly > watch content but it tells you how to get to the content. > > Let's say, for example, I want to watch *Memento*. I can search for this > film on Fanhattan and it will tell where on the internet to rent, stream or > own. Ultimately though an open version of Fanhattan wouldn't exclusively > service mainstream closed ecosystems that provide content. But an > aggregated database of content that's sold on independent artists. Not one > or the other but both. I want to know where to watch *Avatar* as much as > where I can watch *Indie Game the Movie*. It attracts the everyday > consumer and also might bring more traffic to the independent artist. > > Ultimately, a perfectly open web, would have a large number of artists > selling and or sharing their content and distributing the way they want. A > direct download, a torrent etc. In place of proprietary DRM/Streaming > services. There's an infinite number of custom pages, online communities > and torrent sites that artists might make their content available on. > That's awesome but I think that chaos is what keeps everyday entertainment > consumers living in locked down ecosystems. iTunes is centralized and safe > in their minds and it has a ton of content. A lot of these iTunes like > services (Netflic etc) have recommendation services. Some of them are even > good. > > The idea of needing spend time researching and looking from site after > site service after service to find content seems daunting to someone that > just wants to take a load off and be entertained. > > Adding a "Where to Watch" widget to a movie's, show's or album's wiki page > might be cool but it's limited. And an XBMC plugin is cool but XBMC is > tight knit community and not as open as something like web app. > > I think Fanhattan could service this reality as well but who know if they > will partner with groups like Hulu etc for advertising them as a watching > source and leave independents in the dust. > > Bottom line this would be a open webapp that brings together the > mainstream and independent media so you can see what's really out there. > Like a global channel guide. > > Thoughts? > > Best, > Ernie > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > >
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