I was catching up on my reading of "I, Cringley," and his column from May 13, while focused on TV, is probably pertinent here: http://www.cringely.com/2009/05/the-future-of-television-part-ii/ (and with it, his part 1 in the discussion, http://www.cringely.com/2009/05/the-future-of-internet-tv-in-america/)
He argues that by about 2015, over-the-air TV broadcasting will be shriveling up and the stations complaining like newspapers are starting to do, and that cable and satellite TV service providers will become just internet providers. In other words, internet delivery of content will be essentially the only way to get video programs, "telephone," and other communications services. And that the iTunes model of purchasing downloaded programs will outstrip (and remain profitable) compared to streamed access such as on the new Hulu service. Personally I can see it (but I also hope not). At least temporarily I see a resurgence of people getting TV via over-the-air digital broadcasts given they are essentially free and the new digital formats improve both the quality of the picture received and the number of channels, and are dropping their access to cable and satellite due to the ever-rising costs, filling with accessing Hulu, etc. So the parallel in the TV world of what Richard and John have been touting in the radio world in regard to podcasting, "connected" radio, etc. The part I'm unsure about is the cost factor for getting internet into the home itself. Those costs are also rising, and if cable companies, for instance, loose television subscribers, will they still offer good prices to get internet (since the services are often bundled), or will that to become too expensive for the average person. I understand that people are starting to drop cell phone contracts, for instance, as a response to the tightening income and rising costs in the home. Kevin Anderson -- ------------------------------------- Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com ------------------------------------- --- On Sun, 5/31/09, Rob de Santos <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Rob de Santos <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Swprograms] OT: Future of Digital Radio > To: "'David Goren'" <[email protected]>, "'Shortwave programming discussion'" > <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, May 31, 2009, 11:20 AM > Fair point, David, but what I was > thinking about was hardware, support, etc. not > software in the case of Apple. You may be able to > think of other (better) > examples. Pure Digital is a "closed" system and I am > not aware that I could > offer a competing directory provider accessible by the > radio, but I could be > wrong. Does anyone know? > > -- > -Rob de Santos > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Goren [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 11:46 PM > To: [email protected]; > Shortwave programming discussion > Subject: Re: [Swprograms] OT: Future of Digital Radio > > > > > > > The other is that while it's true from their > standpoint that there > > is a downside > > risk to depending outside companies like Reciva to > provide the > > portal, he fails > > to note that by using their portal they lock you into > their products > > and no > > others. It's the Apple argument. Great if > you like Apple products, > > bad if you > > don't. And oh, if Apple (or in this case) Pure > Digital ever get > > bought or go > > belly up you are left nowhere. > > Really? My Apple computers can also boot into Windows or > Linux... > > > _______________________________________________ > Swprograms mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms > > To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, > or visit the URL shown above. > > _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe, or visit the URL shown above.
