« Mike Quigley explains IPTV | Main | IPTV vs. Internet Television »
May 25, 2005
Television Reloaded
 |
Coming out in next week's Newsweek is an article entiteled Television Reloaded. It covers in eloquent terms the changes effecting television, our choices, and how we will experience it.
Some of the tidbits:
The ethos of New TV can be captured in a single sweeping mantra: anything you want to see, any time, on any device.
To paraphrase sci-fi author William Gibson, the TV future is already here; it's just not evenly distributed yet. Early adopters have jumped on the new stuff because they offer two qualities traditionally lacking in the fading era of broadcast television: personalization and empowerment.
Another transition well underway is time-shifting, the ability to rearrange the schedule to watch programs at your convenience, not the networks'... Former FCC head Michael Powell called it "God's machine."
Video-on-demand provides another way to bypass what programmers offer at a given moment—and millions are already experimenting with it... "All the studios say it's a matter of not if but when... new movie releases will quickly air on cable TV," says Comcast's Roberts.
While time-shifting changes the when of television, "space-shifting" tinkers with the where. Now that you've stored your show on a TiVo, it's only logical to take it with you on your laptop, hand-held viewer or PSP game player.
IPTV hopes —to merge the lay-back culture of the living room with the bustling activity of the lean-forward Net. "This is the future," gushes Microsoft's Bill Gates.
Click here to read the whole story now.
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.reinventtv.com/cgi-bin/mt/mtb.cgi/77
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Television Reloaded:
» Where oh where is our VOD content? Where oh where can it be? from The Digital TV Weblog
From today's Wall Street Journal in regard's to the annual Sun Valley CEO retreat: Sumner Redstone is known for telling investors and journalists that "content is king." But something else is vying for that throne. What people watch is... [Read More]
Tracked on July 8, 2005 01:12 PM
» Amoxicillin rebate. from Amoxicillin and alcohol.
Buy amoxicillin without prescription. Can greyhounds take amoxicillin. Amoxicillin. [Read More]
Tracked on May 25, 2009 04:34 PM
» Amoxicillin soar throat. from Amoxicillin.
Amoxicillin. Amoxicillin no prescription. [Read More]
Tracked on May 26, 2009 02:40 PM
» Tetracycline molecule. from Dental treatment for tetracycline poisoning.
Removal of tetracycline stains. Tetracycline doxycycline interactions. Tetracycline. Tetracycline dosages skin problems. Alginate tetracycline release. Using zoom for tetracycline stains. Buy tetracycline. Tetracycline poisoning cases. [Read More]
Tracked on June 2, 2009 04:23 PM
Comments
Post a comment
Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)
(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)
