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You may be right about your keyboard comment. I like having my little Sony Google TV controller in easy reach at the moment, but with voice search, I can imagin

by stitchy 15y ago

You may be right about your keyboard comment. I like having my little Sony Google TV controller in easy reach at the moment, but with voice search, I can imagine a day without it. In my humble opinion, the area where Google TV really kills is in media aggregation. I can enter a few search terms, and suddenly video, audio, and who knows what else is available on my big screen TV. Is it on Netflix? Is it on Youtube? Is it on Amazon? It doesn't matter. I just search in one place and press play. Ultimately, this list will include Hulu, ABC, NBC, Comedy Central, Fox, et al. We will have to wait for the content providers to decide that advertising to web viewers is just as worthwhile as advertising to cable viewers. Imagine a TV experience where everything is video on demand from thousands of sources, but searchable from one place. You won't even need a cable subscription.

mikeryan 15y ago
Ultimately, this list will include Hulu, ABC, NBC, Comedy Central, Fox, et al. We will have to wait for the content providers to decide that advertising to web viewers is just as worthwhile as advertising to cable viewers. No it won't, None of the large networks are moving to this model anytime soon. This is not a matter of loss of ad dollars its a matter of loss of subscription revenue. Cable Networks pay the networks to carry their content (ESPN make $4B a year in cable fees) and ad dollars on the web in no way make up for this loss in revenue. You may end up getting everything on demand some day, but you will be paying a subscription for it.
- stitchy 15y ago
  Point taken, but I'm more than happy to pay them directly. I'll pay for Hulu Plus when it is released for Google TV. I don't like looking through a grid of shows that are currently "on." I don't even like flipping through my DVR. I want to type the name of the show in, and select my favorite video source from the results.

by stitchy 15y ago

mikeryan 15y ago

Ultimately, this list will include Hulu, ABC, NBC, Comedy Central, Fox, et al. We will have to wait for the content providers to decide that advertising to web viewers is just as worthwhile as advertising to cable viewers. No it won't, None of the large networks are moving to this model anytime soon. This is not a matter of loss of ad dollars its a matter of loss of subscription revenue. Cable Networks pay the networks to carry their content (ESPN make $4B a year in cable fees) and ad dollars on the web in no way make up for this loss in revenue. You may end up getting everything on demand some day, but you will be paying a subscription for it.

stitchy 15y ago
Point taken, but I'm more than happy to pay them directly. I'll pay for Hulu Plus when it is released for Google TV. I don't like looking through a grid of shows that are currently "on." I don't even like flipping through my DVR. I want to type the name of the show in, and select my favorite video source from the results.