I don't want to have to subscribe to cable for this very reason television companies hate time shifting. They want you to watch TV on their schedule.
SO true! I concluded over 2 years ago that the internet will one day replace TV as a medium. Books and newspapers are still around because they don't need electricity to use, radio is still around because it's crazy cheap and you can access it while you're driving your car, but the internet does almost everything TV does and does many of them better.I think the problem of TV is that 99.9999999% of content is complete crap, and most people just watch TV to turn their brain off and don't care about what is actually happening. People can watch celebrities arguing, people who can't sing sining, or people talking about politics for hours.
I don't think TV can be saved at all, or that there is a need for it in today's world. You can do everything on a computer that a TV could do, and much more, so why do you need a TV? Is it just for the big screen? Then why not just get a bigger computer monitor?
People who grew up with TV are of course addicted to it, but those who grew up with the internet are less reliant on TV. I think and hope that TV will at some point become extinct and replaced by what is already there on computers.
As Daft Punk says, "Television rules the nation"
Focus on content? What content?
$200/month cable bill and three subscriptions, guess what? Still nothing worth watching! Same old tired movies, and new ones are made for teenagers. Ten year old documentaries, and the new ones insult any intelligent person. Faked reality shows and unfunny sitcoms everywhere. Even the news is pathetic. If you're a sports nut there always seems to be another mindless game, but intelligent programming is dead.
Humm. "intelligent programming " may be sick, but not dead: Game of Thrones, Homeland, Dexter, Justified, Breaking Bad, Sons of Anarchy, etc.
Agree the news is pathetic and is likely to get worse. In fact we have come to the point where "no news is good news" can now be the new golden rule.
... The cable companies are already resellers, and also bear a lot of risk burden on picking shows. Apple doesn't have competencies here.
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We want NFL! We want NFL!...
I want everything but pay for nothing
... I presume the majority of people watch anywhere between 10-20 channels 99% of the time. Of course, an a la carte model would need to match the same level of revenue generation that cable packages currently provide. I think a price of $1.99-$2.49 a month per channel 'app' would be appropriate. ...
why bother having ala carte channels when you can have an ala carte content? That is, aren't 'channels' just pre-packaged content that someone else created for you?
Ala carte to me, means that I get to pick and the choose the individual shows/series, the concept of channels don't exist (or is optional).
They've got my vote for that. I'm simply fed up of seeing social networking features being poured on top of apps like marmalade.
I think the problem of TV is that 99.9999999% of content is complete crap, and most people just watch TV to turn their brain off and don't care about what is actually happening. People can watch celebrities arguing, people who can't sing sining, or people talking about politics for hours.
I don't think TV can be saved at all, or that there is a need for it in today's world. You can do everything on a computer that a TV could do, and much more, so why do you need a TV? Is it just for the big screen? Then why not just get a bigger computer monitor?
People who grew up with TV are of course addicted to it, but those who grew up with the internet are less reliant on TV. I think and hope that TV will at some point become extinct and replaced by what is already there on computers.
As Daft Punk says, "Television rules the nation"
You really think studios/content creators are going to willing switch to an ala carte model over charging broadcast/cable/satellite providers based on a subscription model?