Turning on the television to get your entertainment fix is so 20th century.
With video iPods and other gadgets with video, entertainment companies are having to find new ways to get the content to you. The first minor evolution of video entertainment began years ago, but started becoming mainstream with the death of TechTV. After the demise of TechTV in 2004, technology media was hard to find. Personalities from TechTV’s line-up of shows (Call for Help, The Screen Savers, etc.) began creating their own media in the form of podcasts and videocasts such as This Week in Tech. Apple’s release of the iPod with video and an iTunes version that supported podcasting accelerated this process.
Then, Apple began working out deals with broadcasting companies to sell some of their content on the iTunes Music Store.
Instead of kicking back on the couch at a set time to watch your favorite show, you could just download it and watch it whenever.
iTunes has continued to expand its library of offerings and this is starting to become truly mainstream technology. Only one more evolution would truly bring it to the forefront, and that has already begun: free television show downloads.
A company will pay much more for a customer then what the customer pays in fees per download, so look for free downloads with commercials coming soon, with ABC starting the trend in May.
Our grandchildren may not even have a need for television.
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1 Comment
January 11, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Very interesting site… I wish I could build one like yours!nancy