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I think the disruption of cable TV is that many people don't care about any kind of TV anymore. Apple TV is interesting because you can watch your movies and h

I think the disruption of cable TV is that many people don't care about any kind of TV anymore. Apple TV is interesting because you can watch your movies and home videos on a big screen with the family. It's not "TV" for me as I watch neither series, nor live TV on it. Before Internet, people had no other place to get current info except radio and TV. Now there is. Ergo, those who still watch TV or look for TV alternatives to disrupt TV, are mostly people who haven't truly moved on. But the world is moving on. Especially the population below 50 years old. At least how I see it.

luckyno13 13y ago
I remember as a kid it was time to chill out or go play in my room when 6pm came around because it was time for the evening News. Now you can get the News all day, everyday, even as it is happening so you are entirely right about that point of change.
sukuriant 13y ago
I'm not so sure I agree with that standpoint. Sure, there is a population that doesn't watch any TV; but for a while, it was "Breaking Bad" this, and "Game of Thrones" that. People still like to watch their series, they just like to watch it on their time, be it anime (Crunchy Roll), recent TV (Hulu), movies (Amazon, Netflix, etc), recent televised news and pseudo-news (various news and private websites). TV as an injestible X amount of time where you're fed pre-recorded or live content isn't going anywhere any time soon. In fact, many services exist to provide even live TV in brand new forms. Twitch.TV and LiveStream come to mind. For modern pre-recorded things, there's YouTube, Vimeo, Vine Videos to some degree, and so on. TV as defined as radio with pictures (prerecorded, 24-hour, jockeyed video experiences) may be steadily shrinking right now; but TV as a video-based communications platform is far from gone. Funny enough, I wouldn't be surprised if, if the TV as we know it fades away, new internet tools are brought up which create video playlists that follow your preferences, and play and suggest videos all around that concept so you can watch it in the background, like some TV viewers do. See YouTube playlists and a few other services for examples of this already.
npizzolato 13y ago
And yet how many people do you know that have plans for this Sunday to watch the Game of Thrones season premier? How many people do you know that watch and talk about live sports games? There are a lot of people that still care about TV. I think it will continue to change as Netflix etc. change consumer's expectations, but I don't expect TV to just die out any time soon.

luckyno13 13y ago

I remember as a kid it was time to chill out or go play in my room when 6pm came around because it was time for the evening News. Now you can get the News all day, everyday, even as it is happening so you are entirely right about that point of change.

sukuriant 13y ago

I'm not so sure I agree with that standpoint. Sure, there is a population that doesn't watch any TV; but for a while, it was "Breaking Bad" this, and "Game of Thrones" that. People still like to watch their series, they just like to watch it on their time, be it anime (Crunchy Roll), recent TV (Hulu), movies (Amazon, Netflix, etc), recent televised news and pseudo-news (various news and private websites). TV as an injestible X amount of time where you're fed pre-recorded or live content isn't going anywhere any time soon. In fact, many services exist to provide even live TV in brand new forms. Twitch.TV and LiveStream come to mind. For modern pre-recorded things, there's YouTube, Vimeo, Vine Videos to some degree, and so on. TV as defined as radio with pictures (prerecorded, 24-hour, jockeyed video experiences) may be steadily shrinking right now; but TV as a video-based communications platform is far from gone. Funny enough, I wouldn't be surprised if, if the TV as we know it fades away, new internet tools are brought up which create video playlists that follow your preferences, and play and suggest videos all around that concept so you can watch it in the background, like some TV viewers do. See YouTube playlists and a few other services for examples of this already.

npizzolato 13y ago

And yet how many people do you know that have plans for this Sunday to watch the Game of Thrones season premier? How many people do you know that watch and talk about live sports games? There are a lot of people that still care about TV. I think it will continue to change as Netflix etc. change consumer's expectations, but I don't expect TV to just die out any time soon.