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Jeff Pulver Launches PrimeTimeRewind

March 19, 2008

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Serial entrepreneur, visionary, friend, and previous boss of mine, Jeff Pulver formally launched his new venture, PrimeTimeRewind.tv, from the floor of VON.x, his IP communications conference. The goal of the new site is to make it easier to find the Internet equivalent of the major TV shows right on the web. There’s already a pretty decent bunch of content up on the site, and I find spinning that cube (pictured above) to be a very interesting interface.

Jeff and I worked in and around the Internet TV space over the later part of 2006 and all through 2007, and I’m really excited that this project has launched. It’s in Alpha, but I think it has the potential to appeal to people seeking mainstream TV content. It will be interesting to see where the site goes next, but I’m excited to see it launched and off the ground. Amit Shafrir, former president of premium services from AOL, is serving as CEO. I wish the whole team well.

PrimeTimeRewind.tv <- go spin the cube yourself.

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Comments
Comment by Justin Thorp on March 19, 2008 @ 9:16 am

While I TOTALLY dig the idea of the site, I find the cube UI enjoyable/cute for about 5 minutes then it gets annoying and I just wanna find the tv show i’m looking for.

Comment by John Atkinson on March 19, 2008 @ 10:18 am

Primetime Rewind is a great concept and the app is very good for a version 1 application.

Good Luck with it Jeff!

Comment by Paula Hawk on March 19, 2008 @ 11:05 am

I happened across PrimeTimeRewind earlier in the month and joined right away. I love the concept, and by being a member, I have all my favorite shows right there for me. Not always being able to catch a show when the network airs it is a part of life for many of us, I am very excited about this site! I also want to comment that although some are wanting to compare this to Hulu, there is no comparison. Hulu offers older shows as well as SOME current shows, but not to the extend that PrimeTimeRewind does! :)

Comment by Zena Weist on March 19, 2008 @ 12:10 pm

Thanks for posting on Jeff’s latest venture. I love the concept. The shows I want w/ the internet portability that I crave. I’m going to PrimeTimeRewind to login and take my own cube for a spin.

Comment by amit on March 19, 2008 @ 12:42 pm

Justin - to go directly to a show - just enter the show name on the top right search bar.

hope this helps

Comment by Harold on March 19, 2008 @ 2:53 pm

My girlfriend is really into some of the shows displayed on your cube above, and she really doesn’t have much desire for user-generated content (though she’s getting into one series, Threadbangers). This is probably good for her. Thanks for the notification, Chris!

Comment by Leonardo Souza on March 19, 2008 @ 6:02 pm

Good mention, Chris!

I stumbled upon this nice site yesterday and it looks pretty nice (the cube adds an interesting “touch” to the navigation).

But, unfortunately, most of the content can’t be seen by us poor Brazilians. Which reminds me of one question that always comes to my mind when I see something like this: why the tv networks block access to other countries?

I mean, at every day more and more people just download episodes through bittorrent or similar, without ads and without bringing any advantage for the tv networks. So, why they don’t just provide an online service with good video quality by their own, be it supported through ads or even paid (I would pay for that and so would some of my friends that are also series addicted)?

Maybe is just me, but I can’t understand this strategy.

Btw, great post as always!

Best,
Leo

P.S.: Sorry for some this “off-topic” (kinda) comment, but this popped up in my mind right away when I read the post. :)

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