| reply to apollo80
Re: Elephant in the room, AND... Netflix and Vongo are two, for pay, video/movie download sites that play their content in a decent resolution and are very easy to use. Why worry about mailing dvd's back and forth if you could download them almost instantly. I was highly impressed with the service and picture quality.
I do however think that Cable and Satellite providers will see their content slowly chipped away by the content producers. For instance, you will be able to go to abc.com to see ABC programming without having to have a cable/sat subscription. This is real a la carte that many have been wishing for and its right around the corner. Yes there will be ad supported models (like the current TV model) and paid for no ad versions. SO I dont feel that the "paid for" model is dead, it is just another option that you will have.
Look, its an equation. Content providers create content and make money for showing it....its just how they retrieve that money (ads or subscriptions) that we can now choose from. Without the cable/sat middleman. We just need high quality, reliable and fast "dumb pipe" internet access.
If this is so, IPTV via the Set Top Box/Cable/Sat is going to be in big trouble in the decade or so to come. |
