Not even a clue….
An interesting article in Businessweek titled, “IPTV's Revolution May Be on Hold” caused me to pause and reflect on some of the underlying problems we have not only in this industry but every industry up to a certain point.
According to the studies I have been reading (like this one) people who use have access to reliable, high speed broadband spend less time watching television. No kidding, where the heck did these people think that the time was coming from? The reality is that there are only so many hours in a day (DUH!) and our choice as to how we will use what little discretionary time we have force us to choose very carefully what activities we will spend this “free time” on. (Again, DUH!)
A quick look at what television has to offer shows very few shows I would be interested in watching. Reality TV? I can only assume I live in an alternate reality. Sitcoms? I really don’t think so and according to the studies I am reading a fair portion of the “viewing” public seem to be pretty disappointed with the choices they are being offered. Even though we have significantly more choice in channels than when I was young, the content seems pretty much the same. (How many channels do I need Survivor delivered to me on?) It doesn’t even matter if these choices are being presented in high definition if the content is geared to the lowest common denominator.
And now the television executives and the ILEC’s braintrust believe we want this very same content delivered to us on the net? You think? Hey, you up there in the office, here’s a head’s up for you, if we wanted to watch TV instead of spending time on the Internet, we would (GASP) turn on the TV.
Add to that this new drive to completely sanitize television and radio that the FCC is hell bent on along with proposed legislation like this introduced by the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and I can’t see how anyone will be paying for television in the near future except parents who use the set as a babysitter.
As we move ahead toward a very different future than many of us expected when we were children I have to ask, will the internet allow me the choice of viewing whatever I choose? There needs to be restrictions, I understand that, child pornography comes to mind as an excellent example but if every single avenue of “edgy” entertainment is removed from television, why the heck would I want that pabulum funneled to me when I am trying to get away from it.
Is IPTV delayed? Who in their right mind would care?
“The Internet technology could transform home entertainment. Problem is, what's the point of unlimited channels if studios won't provide content?”
According to the studies I have been reading (like this one) people who use have access to reliable, high speed broadband spend less time watching television. No kidding, where the heck did these people think that the time was coming from? The reality is that there are only so many hours in a day (DUH!) and our choice as to how we will use what little discretionary time we have force us to choose very carefully what activities we will spend this “free time” on. (Again, DUH!)
A quick look at what television has to offer shows very few shows I would be interested in watching. Reality TV? I can only assume I live in an alternate reality. Sitcoms? I really don’t think so and according to the studies I am reading a fair portion of the “viewing” public seem to be pretty disappointed with the choices they are being offered. Even though we have significantly more choice in channels than when I was young, the content seems pretty much the same. (How many channels do I need Survivor delivered to me on?) It doesn’t even matter if these choices are being presented in high definition if the content is geared to the lowest common denominator.
And now the television executives and the ILEC’s braintrust believe we want this very same content delivered to us on the net? You think? Hey, you up there in the office, here’s a head’s up for you, if we wanted to watch TV instead of spending time on the Internet, we would (GASP) turn on the TV.
Add to that this new drive to completely sanitize television and radio that the FCC is hell bent on along with proposed legislation like this introduced by the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and I can’t see how anyone will be paying for television in the near future except parents who use the set as a babysitter.
As we move ahead toward a very different future than many of us expected when we were children I have to ask, will the internet allow me the choice of viewing whatever I choose? There needs to be restrictions, I understand that, child pornography comes to mind as an excellent example but if every single avenue of “edgy” entertainment is removed from television, why the heck would I want that pabulum funneled to me when I am trying to get away from it.
Is IPTV delayed? Who in their right mind would care?
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