What Internet TV Is Good For

David Card | March 12, 2006, 09:12 AM

The Times publishes one of the few sensible MSM takes on TV via Internet. There's a reason ESPN isn't much interested, and Discovery (archives), Landmark (how-to vids), and Scripps are. Some Jupiter analysis on IPTV opportunities and challenges, esp. for telcos, and a podcast (also available on iTunes).

To be sure, there are doubters. "I've never been a believer that we should create channels for all these niches like beach volleyball," said John Skipper, a senior vice president of ESPN, a unit of the Walt Disney Company. "They just don't pencil out. Because if you have 12,000 people, you can't afford to do it. And if you can't afford to do it, you can't make any money on it."

Note there isn't much talk -- other Skipper's -- of making money.