Friday, September 13, 2013

TECHNOLOGY - The Future of TV, New Ways to Watch

"What Happens to Traditional TV When Technology Creates New Ways to Watch?" PBS Newshour 9/12/2013

Excerpt

HARI SREENIVASAN (Newshour):  You can still shop for a TV at your local electronics store.  And you can still use it to watch network and cable TV.

But that traditional model is just one in a dizzying array of options these days.  On larger, thinner and, increasingly, HDTVs, viewers set their DVRs or TiVos to record their favorite cable and network shows.  Or, using devices like a Roku box, Apple TV, or a gaming console like Xbox, consumers stream video from online subscription services like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu, which increasingly are creating their own shows.

By one estimate, the online video market attracts an average of 75 million viewers every day and streams nearly 40 billion videos each month in the U.S. alone.  In fact, the future of TV increasingly doesn't even involve a TV, as more people turn to cell phones, tablets and laptops to view content.

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