Comments on: Sign o’ the times http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/04/14/sign-o-the-times/ General interest observations and true web-log. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:31:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Podesta http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/04/14/sign-o-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-594488 Podesta Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:26:48 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=10880#comment-594488 I dunno. How big is the audience willing to sit through watching an hour of a television on their computer screen often? It is okay that programs will be offered online, but I think they will be either ignored or treated as supplemental. I download Battlestar Galactica from iTunes because I don't have cable TV. But, I would not be willing to watch it online with commercials. It is this willingness to pay for convenience and absence of ads that has made iTunes Store a success. The online television shows aren't comparable. It is a catch-22, I suspect. I dunno. How big is the audience willing to sit through watching an hour of a television on their computer screen often? It is okay that programs will be offered online, but I think they will be either ignored or treated as supplemental.

I download Battlestar Galactica from iTunes because I don’t have cable TV. But, I would not be willing to watch it online with commercials. It is this willingness to pay for convenience and absence of ads that has made iTunes Store a success. The online television shows aren’t comparable. It is a catch-22, I suspect.

]]> By: George of the city http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/04/14/sign-o-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-593659 George of the city Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:44:50 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=10880#comment-593659 I got rid of my cable TV three years ago. Maybe once a month I will watch some over the air channels. Otherwise every thing goes through the computer. Just got a 42" lcd for the monitor. This is the future. I got rid of my cable TV three years ago. Maybe once a month I will watch some over the air channels. Otherwise every thing goes through the computer. Just got a 42″ lcd for the monitor. This is the future.

]]> By: TJGeezer http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/04/14/sign-o-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-593234 TJGeezer Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:33:34 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=10880#comment-593234 2 - BubbaRay - Yeah, and the smart music companies are finally moving away from their unending attacks on music enthusiasts, too. May Vicom and the RIAA sit together in their shrinking empire, cursing the people who made them rich but stopped buying their CDs and spreading buzz about their miserable shows. The really creative people are going elsewhere anyway. 2 – BubbaRay – Yeah, and the smart music companies are finally moving away from their unending attacks on music enthusiasts, too.

May Vicom and the RIAA sit together in their shrinking empire, cursing the people who made them rich but stopped buying their CDs and spreading buzz about their miserable shows. The really creative people are going elsewhere anyway.

]]> By: BubbaRay http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/04/14/sign-o-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-593003 BubbaRay Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:23:29 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=10880#comment-593003 And CBS already has a deal with YouTube. Adios to the morons at Viacom. http://www.youtube.com/press_room_entry?entry=iXG7e1g-BWI And CBS already has a deal with YouTube. Adios to the morons at Viacom.

http://www.youtube.com/press_room_entry?entry=iXG7e1g-BWI

]]> By: Jägermeister http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2007/04/14/sign-o-the-times/comment-page-1/#comment-592933 Jägermeister Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:54:41 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=10880#comment-592933 <i>...this really is going to be the Year of VOD, Video On Demand.</i> Took the content providers a while to finally figure it out. …this really is going to be the Year of VOD, Video On Demand.

Took the content providers a while to finally figure it out.

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