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Cable TV as we know it will be dead in 10 years.

James

Murph's Thought of the Day:

Cable TV as we know it will be dead in 10 years. With the studios creating and posting their content on sites like www.Hulu.com and ABC.com  ... they are collecting advertisement dollars directly instead of the cable companies. So in a way they themselves will see an increase in revenue directly as a result if these adventures. Even sites like CinemaNow and Amazon allow you to buy season passes to shows which is a fixed price per episode ANC then you pretty much own what would be on that DVD box set for that particular season. So these are almost or are direct revenue streams for the studios themselves. So the Cable company of today will need to adapt or they will be gone. There is also too much control that companies have over phone, cable and Internet at the moment. Which in a way is bad for the consumer but allows them to be somewhat flexible in the future. The days of the Bells is at an end as well and that is why you see AT&T moving into cell, cable and Internet providing. 

Comments anyone?

Edited: May 17, 2009 09:45AM

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Renee

Well, I would have to agree.  I don't know about the 10 year timeline, but I am someone who canceled my Dish Network and bought a cheap laptop with an HDMI connector.  I now have a $9/month subscription to NetFlix which includes a large library of online movies and TV shows available for instant viewing.  I catch my favorite TNT shows online, and hulu.com is also one of my bookmarks. 

I'm saving over $50/month, so my laptop will pay for itself by the end of the year, and I have access to more shows . . . and I can still view them on my TV with the big picture and stereo sound. 

It's not for everyone - it does take a bit more work to get to what I want to watch, and I no longer have the simplicity of the DVR.  I know my dad is baffled by the whole process. . . but I am willing to bet that things will become easier as more people use services this way. 

Of course, as it gets simpler and more mainstream, I'm sure there will be more fees involved too.  In 10 years, cable may be dead, but a lot of free online content may not be free anymore either.  Time will tell.

 

Don

Clearly TV won't be the same in 10 years as it is now. 

Another question would be, will we be plugging in our phones to our televisions?  I have a customer who is watches 12 channels on his phone.  Technology will evolve and so will all these huge companies.  In the end, I like to think the customer will win!

Great discussion topic!

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James

I would like to Thank everyone for their thoughtful replies.

I would also like to apologize for not being able to keep up with past postings, this is due to a severe illness in our family and we are only now getting back to normal mode just a little bit.

I would like to once again thank everyone that commented and those of you that had read these posts and didn't comment, I would like to encourage you to please participate if you can.

Thank you for this consideration.

And May God Bless

 

James M Murphy

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