Internet TV — the Future
I've mentioned before that I believe that media and web companies are (judging from what they're attempting and acquiring now) looking to bring television to the Web (here's a developedtraffic search for previous posts).
Mark Cuban, on the other hand, posts Think the Internet will replace TV ? Think again … essentially saying that there won't be bandwidth enough for most U.S. households to take advantage of the technology.
At least in the near future, I think. Technology always pushes ahead. One hopes.
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Bill Slawski says:
Comment posted on 03/26/06 @ 11:51 pm
Mark Cuban may be right, but I've been hearing a lot of noise about increasing the speed of downloads over coaxial cables in a significant manner lately. And there are quite a few homes that are wired via coaxial connections for cable TV.
I think that there's too much potential money involved for folks to be sitting on their hands instead of trying to develop something.
Diane Vigil says:
Comment posted on 03/27/06 @ 12:02 am
Good point, Bill. After having posted, I was thinking along the same lines. The scenario Mark Cuban is talking about is based on a lack of technology moving forward.
Whereas, years ago, I'd heard of whole areas (tracts of homes and businesses) being wired with much broader pipes than their DSL or cable — pipes that would handle not only the Internet but TV and … I've forgotten what. Unfortunately, the terminology slips my mind right now.
Heck, even my TimeWarner/RoadRunner cable is much faster up and down than most DSL.
So, I think you're right: there's far too much to be gained by big media companies and technology providers for them to (as you say) sit on their hands.