Is "traditional" broadcasting and content delivery on the way out?
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Is "traditional" broadcasting and content delivery on the way out?
How Will the Rise of 'Smart TVs' Affect Traditional Broadcasting?
ARTICLE DATE: 06.10.10
By Mark Hachman
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364901,00.asp
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I really starting thinking about this after participating in the "DirecTV vs. Dish" thread. There are some HD channels available on Dish but not Direct, and vice-versa. So we're left with compromising on our content, and then having to rent from Netflix or other sources to see what we want to see how we want to see it.
Right now we are all limited by what broadcast media content providers (cable, satellite, etc.) are providing to us. We are further limited by what broadcast providers are available to us in our particular region of the country that we live in.
With the increasing sales of Smart TV's, Roku, AppleTV, PS3 and other streaming media boxes that people are snapping up, do you think media content creators and providers will skip the middle man (Cable, Satellite, etc.) and offer their content not only "on demand" but also in a type of "live broadband stream" to customers with the above devices? Networks could still retain the traditional "linear" model of programming in that they can set a particular time for "premiere" episodes of a television series to 8:00PM Eastern Time on Thursdays, or whatever, by providing a live HD stream to consumers with such devices.
Granted, it would be difficult to conceive of no more "flipping channels" when watching television, but it could be a way for networks to get income directly for subscribing to their HD stream to your home, and you could truly have an "a-la-carte" choice of programming that you want, when you want it, wherever you are in the world, so long as you have a broadband connection that can support it.
I'm just wondering if this is what eventually is bound to happen as Smart TV's and Smart Boxes become more and more popular, and steadily cheaper, over the next several years?
ARTICLE DATE: 06.10.10
By Mark Hachman
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2364901,00.asp
(Spoilered for length)
Spoiler:
I really starting thinking about this after participating in the "DirecTV vs. Dish" thread. There are some HD channels available on Dish but not Direct, and vice-versa. So we're left with compromising on our content, and then having to rent from Netflix or other sources to see what we want to see how we want to see it.
Right now we are all limited by what broadcast media content providers (cable, satellite, etc.) are providing to us. We are further limited by what broadcast providers are available to us in our particular region of the country that we live in.
With the increasing sales of Smart TV's, Roku, AppleTV, PS3 and other streaming media boxes that people are snapping up, do you think media content creators and providers will skip the middle man (Cable, Satellite, etc.) and offer their content not only "on demand" but also in a type of "live broadband stream" to customers with the above devices? Networks could still retain the traditional "linear" model of programming in that they can set a particular time for "premiere" episodes of a television series to 8:00PM Eastern Time on Thursdays, or whatever, by providing a live HD stream to consumers with such devices.
Granted, it would be difficult to conceive of no more "flipping channels" when watching television, but it could be a way for networks to get income directly for subscribing to their HD stream to your home, and you could truly have an "a-la-carte" choice of programming that you want, when you want it, wherever you are in the world, so long as you have a broadband connection that can support it.
I'm just wondering if this is what eventually is bound to happen as Smart TV's and Smart Boxes become more and more popular, and steadily cheaper, over the next several years?