PVRLib > October 18, 2004: the day broadcast TV died?

http://www.tvsquad.com [TV Squad] Another alternative are companies that stream content for fee, which I would also be willing to do if the price point was right (I would pay $2 / episode for a show I liked in HDTV quality if it meant I did not have to buy the DVD or pay for premium cable or satellite services). Though this does admittedly potentially take out the "middle man" ie broadcat networks.

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

Blogmaverick.com[Blogmaverick.com] HDTV, DVD, Hard Drives and the future - Blog Maverick - www ...: When Napster first came out it usually took me several hours to download one song, granted, this wasn't at full bandwidth capacity, but P2P never is. Very few people had cable or dsl...and until high speed internet exploded I never heard anyone even talking about 'music piracy.' Once there was the speed, it became widespread (and the RIAA began making all of its noise).

http://complicationsensue.blogspot.com [Complicationsensue.blogspot.com] Complications Ensue: The Crafty TV and Screenwriting Blog: Just look at mockumentary-style shows like Trailer Park Boys, which use all the moves and editing techniques of "reality TV." Or, to put it another way, reality TV has shown producers just how little production value they need if the characters and the action is compelling enough. (Some claim Arrested Development is heavily RTV influenced, but I don't see it.

http://www.windowssecrets.com [Windowssecrets.com] Is Firefox still safer than IE?: In a sign of how influential blogs have become, "Blogs Will Change Your Business" was the top story featured on the cover of Business Week earlier this month. "Blogs are a phenomenon that you cannot ignore, postpone, or delegate," Business Week writes.

[Thenears.com] The Nears - Digital Media, Digital Family: So there will be, in conjunction with the work we do with the video delivery companies, particularly the telcos, who have tended to be our strongest customers for our IPTV stuff, there will be yet another way to acquire and use video content. So you have set tops, you have the set top experience, you have the Xbox, you’ve got a big hard disk, you’ve got networked to the PC in the home, so I think there will be a lot of ways to get that media onto the Xbox.

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