AOL enabling TV, movie downloads for Viiv PCs

By Steve Safran 

Which is harder to figure out how to pronouce? “Viiv” or “Wii?” And iis thiis a trend? No matter. CNET News.com reports that AOL will announce a deal with Intel this week that will let consumers download TV shows and movies to PCs with Intel’s Viiv processor. They can they pipe the downloads straight to their TVs. Interesting to see a content provider do a deal with a processor company. Another baffling move, if you ask us. We once again get back to our “people only steal when you make them” philosophy of online content. Do they really think the average user knows what-the-heck kind of processor they have? Why keep limiting the audience for your own content?

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