Looking twenty years ahead....what is the landscape of TV and cable?
Over half of the population will be data-streaming their favorite shows. A few networks like Discovery and History will be around because they do unique stuff. ABC, CBS, and NBC? They will downsize because they can’t produce the stuff that the public wants...high-quality scripts and creativity. Netflix and Amazon will be producing shows that people want to watch....shocking people with a season of only twelve to fifteen shows instead of twenty-four that the networks opt for.
It’s the data stream that matters, and if you look around cable hasn’t exactly made it’s way into the vast nature of America. To reach the bulk of America with data streaming...you need to share tax-revenue of some type. Most of us would disagree with this and opt for the consumer to drive the trend, but that would delay things by a decade (minimum). I think their ‘secret’ plan is to reach some plateau of data streaming to every single American by 2025....no matter how remote they are...we will reach them.
Everyone can not simply stream whatever they want whenever they want. There is not enough BW in the air out here (rural) and fiber is prohibitive. That might work in cities where they can run the fiber.
The real problem with streaming video is that it is all crap. You can argue that it is "high quality" and creative but that is because you are comparing it to even worse crap.