Comments on: Future Bleak for Broadcast TV

By: pdberger

pdberger — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:45:55 +0000

I’m afraid so, Tim. Although where I come from it’s UNION that’s the dirty word!

And thanks for the compliment on the piece!

By: Tim Worstall

Tim Worstall — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 10:39:58 +0000

League? LEAGUE?

Well, I suppose you are from north of Watford Gap, but do you have to broadcast this to the world?

Nice OJR piece BTW.

(From a Bathonian.)

By: pdberger

pdberger — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 03:39:14 +0000

Hey there Slightly Bemused…

People outside the lower 48, or outside the US period, have the opportunity to access movies and old programs through their supplier.

But do they have a range of choice as deep and wide as a video library with tens of thousands of titles? My experience of Sky and Cable in the UK is that choice, although decent, is still very limited.

Also, while I agree that print’s days are numbered, I believe the same big media companies are going to be around long after print is declared dead..but they’ll be online…and they may be bigger and better than ever…mainly thanks to blogging.

By: Classical Values

Classical Values — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:01:18 +0000

Ex post facto live memory blogging

I arrived late to yesterday’s Open Source Media launch, so I missed Jeff Goldstein’s keynote address (although Roger L. Simon filled me in). But I had a wonderful time yesterday. I have no idea what to expect from Open Source…

By: Slightly Bemused

Slightly Bemused — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:48:02 +0000

On what planet have you guys been on? People outside the lower 48, or outside the US period, have the opportunity to access movies and old programs through their supplier. As far as the news in concerned – do you really think that the print news doesn’t know their days are numbered? Today we make the choice what media we subscribe to, tomorrow our options will only become more numerous/more accessible/more confusing. Enjoy the days when you can still go and pick up a copy of the NY Times at your corner store and hold something physical in your hands because the papers know that the technological future is closing in.

By: A Guy In New York

A Guy In New York — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:11:27 +0000

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By: William

William — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:28:10 +0000

It’s not just the future of broadcast media like tv and radio that is on a limb. All static content, like DVDs and CDs, has the same bleak future. It makes sense that these media formats would fade to black, now that the technology is emerging for compressing content to the point that it can be accessed on demand. Digital TV is in a transitional state right now, and will eventually surpass video rental in convenience and affordability.

The notion of “renting” or “owning” content in analog or digital format is somewhat archaic. Audio and video is inherently etherial, it cannot be harnassed by the physical constraints of a puny disc. Despite the popularity of such current fads as purchasing and downloading music and video content for your iPod, this intermediate and clunky step must be succeeded by a subscription-based model, in which all content can be accessed all the time. Apple et al are just capitalizing on the immediate need to own content, because it is the only way right now. But it cannot last.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:44:24 +0000

We don’t have cable for the very same reasons. When there is an occasional show we’re interested in, it’s never on during hours we’d watch. Thankfully, bittorrent and netflix satisfies our TV fix. One thing I really dislike about digital cable, it takes a second or two for the stations to tune in. Gone are the days of short attention span channel flipping.