A la carte TV programming is now here. It will never go back to the way it used to be.
1 posted on
07/01/2011 11:17:59 AM PDT by
abb
To: 04-Bravo; aimhigh; andyandval; Arizona Carolyn; Bahbah; bert; bilhosty; Caipirabob; carmenbmw; ...
2 posted on
07/01/2011 11:18:48 AM PDT by
abb
("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
To: abb
This is why Glen Beck started GBTV!
3 posted on
07/01/2011 11:25:01 AM PDT by
SubMareener
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To: abb
I have a PC hooked to my HDTV. It gives you a lot more flexibility. You are locked into the TV manufacturer’s software if you get a Internet connected TV. There is LOTS of free TV on the web that they lock you out of. You can only purchase Netflix, etc.
4 posted on
07/01/2011 11:25:30 AM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." - Bertrand de Jouvenel des Ursins)
To: abb
Informa says Apple could lose ground in the connected TV space if it does not launch a dedicated Internet-enabled TV instead of relying upon a standalone box to stream video.Sanity check - an Internet enabled flat screen has a $200-1,000 premium over a similar TV without the internet capability.
AppleTV costs $99, and takes a single HDMI connection on your TV, is wireless, small and completely silent (no fan).
5 posted on
07/01/2011 11:28:33 AM PDT by
Hodar
(Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
To: abb
The sat-cable industry is on the precipice, to the extent they are not ISPs.
10 posted on
07/01/2011 12:12:12 PM PDT by
cicero2k
To: abb
Google is well positioned to take advantage of a switch to ip tv.
They bought up all that dark fiber several years ago...it was bargain priced after the dot com bust. High speed wireless could connect everyone in a large metro area to that dedicated fiber network at little cost.
Free Republic should draw on the pool of talented members here
and start a news network on the web. It would cost very little and could earn revenue from ad sales. It could be based on a peer to peer model...this model works and is robust.
13 posted on
07/01/2011 1:36:32 PM PDT by
Bobalu
( "Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother." ..Moshe Dayan:)
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