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There is a reason that Apple (not Napster) killed the physical CD. To digitize the TV distribution network we need someone with the legal team to properly negot

by pat2man 15y ago

There is a reason that Apple (not Napster) killed the physical CD. To digitize the TV distribution network we need someone with the legal team to properly negotiate these licenses. BitTorrent is already here, it already distributes TV and the networks will never use it. The future of TV first involves someone like Apple or Google working with the content providers and the ISPs to provide a solution that everyone can agree with (probably with DRM). This is what happened with music, it will happen again with TV. What his really provides is a way for two generations from now to steam media, but it's dilusional to think that this technology is what people will be using that far into the future.

dotBen 15y ago
"The future of TV first involves someone like Apple or Google working with the content providers and the ISPs to provide a solution" Won't happen. The music industry handed, well, the music industry to Apple on a plate. The wider media watched, learned and face slapped. Apple and Google are far too powerful for the media to hand any more of that kind of control to. Watch how Google really is struggling to get industry partnership with Google Music. With Hulu we saw major players (NBC, ABC and Fox) come together and build out a solution themselves. My guess is that any future internet-based "TV subscription service" will come from a similar joint venture. The technology isn't that difficult so why hand over the keys to a 3rd party when they can own things themselves? My personal aspiration is that the %age of the population who want to buy tv subscriptions (by whatever medium - cable, dish, internet) will actually decrease and the power will shift away from the existing incumbents simply providing the same service over a new medium but to actually something radically different.
- nextparadigms 15y ago
  Google should just put more focus on their artist hub, and promote that. They should promote the decentralized of the music industry and indie artists, and not beg for scraps from the big labels.
  - dotBen 15y ago
    As an indie music lover, I totally agree. As a GOOG holder, I fear that isn't a big enough addressable market to make it worth while. My personal view on this is that if Google can't get first citizen rights with the music industry like Apple and Amazon have, then they should focus entirely on having a strong music locker service which supports user's "grey" music (ie who knows, who cares where the mp3 came from). This would then add massive value to owning Android (which I do, and the cloud-based Google Music is a killer app). Google Music is not available on Apple, I don't believe.
nextparadigms 15y ago
And thanks to DRM, the TV industry will also give all the power to Apple or Google, just like the music industry did, and how the book publishers gave it to Amazon.

by pat2man 15y ago

dotBen 15y ago

"The future of TV first involves someone like Apple or Google working with the content providers and the ISPs to provide a solution" Won't happen. The music industry handed, well, the music industry to Apple on a plate. The wider media watched, learned and face slapped. Apple and Google are far too powerful for the media to hand any more of that kind of control to. Watch how Google really is struggling to get industry partnership with Google Music. With Hulu we saw major players (NBC, ABC and Fox) come together and build out a solution themselves. My guess is that any future internet-based "TV subscription service" will come from a similar joint venture. The technology isn't that difficult so why hand over the keys to a 3rd party when they can own things themselves? My personal aspiration is that the %age of the population who want to buy tv subscriptions (by whatever medium - cable, dish, internet) will actually decrease and the power will shift away from the existing incumbents simply providing the same service over a new medium but to actually something radically different.

nextparadigms 15y ago
Google should just put more focus on their artist hub, and promote that. They should promote the decentralized of the music industry and indie artists, and not beg for scraps from the big labels.
- dotBen 15y ago
  As an indie music lover, I totally agree. As a GOOG holder, I fear that isn't a big enough addressable market to make it worth while. My personal view on this is that if Google can't get first citizen rights with the music industry like Apple and Amazon have, then they should focus entirely on having a strong music locker service which supports user's "grey" music (ie who knows, who cares where the mp3 came from). This would then add massive value to owning Android (which I do, and the cloud-based Google Music is a killer app). Google Music is not available on Apple, I don't believe.

nextparadigms 15y ago

And thanks to DRM, the TV industry will also give all the power to Apple or Google, just like the music industry did, and how the book publishers gave it to Amazon.