Akimbo Punts Set-Top Boxes for New Direction

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May 8th, 2007

I’m an Akimbo owner as well as a tech journalist. Being a tech journalist makes me a likely candidate for having devices like the RCA Akimbo Player set-top box in my personal tech stable at home and paying whatever fees I need to pay so I can enjoy the content it provides. Imagine my annoyance (and the annoyance of other Akimbo owners) when I got an email from Akimbo stating they were discontinuing the set-top box offering in favor of other delivery methods such as the PC. After some grumpy comments in the Akimbo forums, I decided to take my questions regarding this business decision to Akimbo president and CEO Tom Frank.

Digital Trends (DT): Tell me what prompted the decision to drop set-top boxes and have customers switch to the Akimbo PC Service. Why is Akimbo taking the step of closing off ...

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