Written by As usual, technology has put the power in the hands of the people and their are way ahead of the business and the governments of our generation. This cycle has been going on for a while. At the rapid pace of technological change, and the ever sluggish speed at which our governments operate, I don’t see things getting any better any time soon. What I’m talking about, is of course the ability for people to watch television shows on their computers, instead of their televisions. For at least five years or more now, computers and the internet have offered the technology for anyone to watch TV online. And, it’s caught on like wildfire.
Why you might ask? Well, if you’ve ever done it you’ll understand why. There’s no need, to be held prisoner by the television network, or cable networks schedule. If you choose to download and watch TV online, there are no such thing as commercials. You can watch the shows when and where ever you like. You can watch from your laptop, your desktop, your portable DVD player, and your mobile devices. Now, I know some of you are going to say, well I have a PVR, and can watch my shows whenever I want. Sure, but a PVR is really just a glorified VCR player, and there is still the limitation of where you can watch it.
Lately, were starting to see a somewhat limited offering of television shows available for watching online on some television network channels websites. But, it’s often very limited in terms of which episodes, and which series you can watch. But, it is getting better. I can only imagine, that the one thing slowing the big networks down, is that they haven’t figured out a way to properly make more money of this new business model. Well guys, I’m telling you to just get off the pot and do it! Figure out how to make money off it later. YouTube did it that way, and those guys seem to be doing all right. The people have already gone their already, so the sooner you guys catch up, the better for us all. Of course, the music industry went through this years before, and they still don’t seem to have things right.
