Comments on: Sony TVs to play online video http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/07/aol-inks-tv-video-deal-with-sony/ Where TV Finds the Future Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Gary http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/07/aol-inks-tv-video-deal-with-sony/#comment-122450 Gary Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:30:02 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/07/aol-inks-tv-video-deal-with-sony/#comment-122450 Oh, nevermind. [Slaps forehead]. We'll just have a higher broadband bill, I suppose. Oh, nevermind. [Slaps forehead]. We’ll just have a higher broadband bill, I suppose.

]]> By: Gary http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/07/aol-inks-tv-video-deal-with-sony/#comment-122448 Gary Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:28:29 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/07/aol-inks-tv-video-deal-with-sony/#comment-122448 Could the cable bill just disappear? Will networks or channels or whatever they're to be called just offer shows online for free with ads, ala ABC, etc? Maybe some shows will charge, like HBO series... I mean, who would pay to watch some fluffy I Love Fabulous Celebreality Soup program from VH1 when there are other free options to choose from? Could the cable bill just disappear? Will networks or channels or whatever they’re to be called just offer shows online for free with ads, ala ABC, etc? Maybe some shows will charge, like HBO series… I mean, who would pay to watch some fluffy I Love Fabulous Celebreality Soup program from VH1 when there are other free options to choose from?

]]> By: Steve Safran http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/07/aol-inks-tv-video-deal-with-sony/#comment-122368 Steve Safran Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:29:31 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/07/aol-inks-tv-video-deal-with-sony/#comment-122368 That's a topic Warley discusses at length, too. There isn't a single viewer that says "Oh, thank God the local news is in high-definition now! I can finally see the crags on the anchor's face and the duct tape holding up the set!" HD was not a consumer-driven technology. Nobody was sitting around saying "This is a good show. If only there were more scan lines, then we'd have something." HD is great, no doubt. But since everyone has to switch to it, nobody gets a competitive advantage. BTW, if you want to see a truly awful website - just go to the government's site at dtv dot gov. Of all the things to have a bad site... Web video *is* consumer driven. Therefore, those who meet the demand will differentiate their product and profit from it. That’s a topic Warley discusses at length, too. There isn’t a single viewer that says “Oh, thank God the local news is in high-definition now! I can finally see the crags on the anchor’s face and the duct tape holding up the set!”

HD was not a consumer-driven technology. Nobody was sitting around saying “This is a good show. If only there were more scan lines, then we’d have something.” HD is great, no doubt. But since everyone has to switch to it, nobody gets a competitive advantage.

BTW, if you want to see a truly awful website - just go to the government’s site at dtv dot gov. Of all the things to have a bad site…

Web video *is* consumer driven. Therefore, those who meet the demand will differentiate their product and profit from it.

]]> By: thedetroitchannel http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/07/aol-inks-tv-video-deal-with-sony/#comment-122240 thedetroitchannel Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:48:38 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/07/aol-inks-tv-video-deal-with-sony/#comment-122240 i don't know, safran... me thinks "locals" are so deep in their denial that HD will deliver them to the promised land that this "massive shift" won't even register on their seismometer. i don’t know, safran… me thinks “locals” are so deep in their denial that HD will deliver them to the promised land that this “massive shift” won’t even register on their seismometer.

]]> By: Safran http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/07/aol-inks-tv-video-deal-with-sony/#comment-122213 Safran Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:00:38 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/07/aol-inks-tv-video-deal-with-sony/#comment-122213 This is the massive shift. We have been talking forever about how web video will come to the home screen. This is only the beginning. TVs with web hookups will be standard-issue. The access will go beyond AOL video and to all video. Local stations have to note this and take action: the comfort of "people won't watch TV on their PCs" is gone. It's all video. It's all on demand. And it's all driven by the consumer. Locals must shift gears to develop more original content and more web offerings. Simply repurposing your news online is no longer an option. You've heard a lot of wakeup calls in this space before. This is a wakeup screaming air siren. Paul Revere is riding past your door yelling "The web TVs are coming! The web TVs are coming!" Be a Minuteman. This is the massive shift. We have been talking forever about how web video will come to the home screen. This is only the beginning. TVs with web hookups will be standard-issue. The access will go beyond AOL video and to all video.

Local stations have to note this and take action: the comfort of “people won’t watch TV on their PCs” is gone. It’s all video. It’s all on demand. And it’s all driven by the consumer. Locals must shift gears to develop more original content and more web offerings. Simply repurposing your news online is no longer an option.

You’ve heard a lot of wakeup calls in this space before. This is a wakeup screaming air siren. Paul Revere is riding past your door yelling “The web TVs are coming! The web TVs are coming!” Be a Minuteman.

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