ZipityZap, A New Slant on Internet Television

As many of you know, I am always on the look out for those local companies who are out to make it big and try to do what I can to help showcase what they are doing.

So I was very happy the other day when I got an email from Gerald Zuckerwar, the developer of ZipityZap, a new Internet Television Portal based in Ellicot City, Maryland.  I went over and took a look at what they have going on.  As many of you know, the number of people getting their television fix over the interenet is growing rapidly with the advent of YouTube and sites like Hulu.  And those are just naming a couple of many.  The major news outlets now have streaming content as do the networks and all sorts of things in between.

So what ZipityZap is aiming to do is be that portal to all the content out there and to make it easy for you to get there.  According to their initial press release

Zipityzap.com, a free web-based internet television service, today announced its public launch. It organizes over 100 internet television channels into 17 logical categories with an easy-to-use interface. It also works with a wireless remote control.

“As more and more programming content becomes available on the internet we identified a need to bring it all together into one central location. In addition, Zipityzap makes watching internet television more like watching real television because for $50 you can get a wireless remote control and channel-zap from the comfort of your couch” says Gerald Zuckerwar, the developer.

Here is a video they offer as a primer to the service.

From the home page, the viewer has several catagories to choose from, anything from Education to Network Television to Movies and everything in between.  By selecting one of these catagories, you are taken to a list of content that you can view.  Those links take you right to the content.  This in browser viewing can be extended to your television with a few cables.  ZipityZap has even announced a partnership with

SVideo.com to supply consumers with affordable cables for internet-connected personal computer-to-television connectivity.

And if you use a WIndows PC they even have a remote control solution that allows you to control your viewing without laying a finger on the keyboard.

Simply plug in the Firefly remote and configure the software and you can sit back and relax.

Head over and check it out and let us know what you all think.