Transitioning online opens up great opportunities for networks but it also runs the risk of cannibalizing their existing business. Right now I think [television networks] want to tread the online waters carefully, to experiment online while it’s still a small business, and to innovate there, but not risk rocking the boat too hard at risk of tipping it over. That’s the conflict they have.
Avner Ronen, Boxee founder quoted in Monday’s New York Times