More exploding TV

More exploding TV

: I found more evidence of exploding TV at the Consumer Electronics Show, below.

Cory Bergman at Lost Remote finds more:

For years broadcasters have heard warnings that the internet will challenge their core TV business. But some still think the internet only siphons away a little TV viewing here and there. No big deal. But they’re missing the big picture. Take a look at the announcements coming out of CES. Tech companies are aggressively wiring their way into living rooms with video via the internet (Microsoft, TiVo, Akimbo) and phone fiber (SBC). Then of course, don’t forget satellite and cable as they race to add VOD features (DISH announced today). With so many pipelines into tomorrow’s living rooms — all providing on-demand content — the tired, old broadcast model falls flat. Everything will be on-demand and interactive. So why do so many TV stations (and to a lesser extent, the networks) still think of themselves as broadcasters? How yesterday. TV stations must reinvent themselves as content providers for multiple platforms.

: See also this from the NY Times. And this from PaidContent.

: Exploding TV posts here.

3 responses to “More exploding TV”

  1. rmk Avatar

    Content creation will go from top-down to middle-top-down. The early adopters will sooner or later cooperate closer with artists and individuals who might not be main-stream yet but have real talent, and it will all – yes – explode from there.

  2. David Avatar

    And just a few years ago analysts were berating Level 3 Communications for their over-kill approach to laying a new fiber optic network and deriding them for failing to note the “obvious” bandwidth glut this created. Oops.

  3. David Leftwich Avatar

    Jeff,
    Wasn’t sure where to post this, but thought you might interested in this news item:
    New York Times Mulls Charging Web Readers
    http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050107/wr_nm/media_nytimes_dc
    The best quote is:
    N.Y. Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. was quoted in the article as saying: “It gets to the issue of how comfortable are we training a generation of readers to get quality information for free. That is troubling.”