[T]hose in the TV industry might want to look over to their friends in the telco industry. They used to scoff at the idea of cord cutters as well... and now 25% of all households have dumped their landlines entirely.
The trend in phones has always been toward smaller and more powerful. The trend in television has always been toward larger.
Yes, there will come a day when all TV is delivered is over broadband (wired or wireless), but the idea that we'll all be happy to take it on our 2 inch cell phones or 8 inch iPads is ridiculous.
We'll still want the 72 inch TV in the living room that our neighbors can see glowing through our very thin walls. As long as the market for high-value content on that device remains, there will always be a) protected content and b) a video industry. That will be the case regardless of delivery.
And just as AT&T and Verizon have moved toward wireless, but are still the biggest names in voice, I would suspect you'll be seeing Comcast for quite a while.
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You understand the difference between phone and TV, right?
The trend in phones has always been toward smaller and more powerful. The trend in television has always been toward larger.
Yes, there will come a day when all TV is delivered is over broadband (wired or wireless), but the idea that we'll all be happy to take it on our 2 inch cell phones or 8 inch iPads is ridiculous.
We'll still want the 72 inch TV in the living room that our neighbors can see glowing through our very thin walls. As long as the market for high-value content on that device remains, there will always be a) protected content and b) a video industry. That will be the case regardless of delivery.
And just as AT&T and Verizon have moved toward wireless, but are still the biggest names in voice, I would suspect you'll be seeing Comcast for quite a while.
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by Michael Turk.
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