HDTV Almanac - Google TV: The Beginning or the End? — Community

#1 May 24, 2010 at 1:00 pm

The Diffusion Group came out with a report that predicts that consumers will watch more video content from the Web than from traditional television sources (free broadcast and subscription services) by just 10 years from now. Then on Thursday, Google announced “Google TV”. I’m starting to think that The Diffusion Group might be a bit [...]

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#2 May 24, 2010 at 3:57 pm

For what it's worth, we are already seeing all sorts of hints of the growing market of video over the web; like YouTube, Hulu, ... As bandwidth expands, the ability to see more of this thing seems more likely.

However, to suggest that the current TV will die is foolish. History has shown that things change, but there is still a market. Consider the golden days of radio, many thought that once TV came out, radio would die. Well, last time I checked, it was still there; so radio didn't die, it just changed with the times. In the same way TV as we know it will change, but the delivery systems will still continue along with the new systems.

Bob Diaz