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TV won't go away; it is simply a legacy app that is being subsumed by the net. People won't stop wanting to veg out, but delivery tech changes, new things beco
by _jal 10y ago
TV won't go away; it is simply a legacy app that is being subsumed by the net.
People won't stop wanting to veg out, but delivery tech changes, new things become possible and older cash cows don't last forever. And similar to how the net enabled new voices in news, fiction, music, etc., TV will fragment as well.
Which is good, at least for me; I never watched TV much until relatively recently. People have always talked about shows, which I've ignored all my life. But some recent ones - mostly serials - have been remarkably appealing to me, and I'm watching more. Over the last year, I've even considered buying a real TV for the first time.
So like many other markets affected by the net, the total market grows, but fragments. Bet against "national moment" television and bet on niche plays.