will TV be dead in 15 years?

[cmort666]

Other than TCM and Big Bang Theory, it's mostly dead for me NOW.

 

[aphelion]

Netflix will be dead in 5 years. I canceled my Netflix subscription a few months ago.

I hate to break it to you, but I don't think they are missing you much -

Netflix Remains King of Bandwidth Usage, While YouTube Declines | Variety

 

[M3Stuart]

GM Chrysler, I certainly hope so!

 

[the ringo kid]

It died when idiots like the khartrashians and honey boob boob made it to the screen. Who ever decided to put them on TV should be flogged with a wet towel.

Flogging with a wet towel after being boiled in oil.I cant see how anyone can watch that garbage?? But then again--too many low info TV viewers out there.

 

[Sconnie]

I have wanted to be able to pick the channels I pay for for a very long time. I may live long enough to see it but I doubt it. I think it is the "older" generation that is keeping TV alive.

I have two in their 20's and both only subscribe to the cable company for Internet access. They pick up some antenna broadcasts but streaming is the order of the day. One did do Netflix and dropped it but that one is hoping HBO does start streaming without being tied to a cable subscription. Assuming they don't charge too much that is.

As more and more go to the streaming, the cable companies will find a way to up the bandwidth and up the price for it. They ain't no fools.

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

Television has been dying a slow and horrid death for years and pulling all of progressive humanity into its agonizing quagmire of suffering.
I don't have cable- after seeing some of the shows broadcast on cable I can assure you I never will. I seldom watch TV. I prefer to watch old TV shows on the computer.
I can't say whether the prediction given will come true. But in my book, it already has. And in reality, it probably should.

 

[R. G. Amos]

TV died for me about four years ago when I canceled my cable subscription. Most of what I saw before canceling was either silly or politically motivated.
PIP TV.

 

[EugeneNine]

I hope it does soon. Hate driving all the way to the grandparents houses so they can tell their grandkids to be quiet so they can hear the rerun for the 10th time.

 

[Marie13]

I've not had a TV for 11 years. I do stream some things online, but that's it.

 

[Out West]

It's already dead in our house. Dish got too expensive for the content (just paying for commercials) and we don't have cable in my neighborhood. We stream everything now, just have to wait awhile for it to become available. Netflix and other companies that do the same thing will be the norm in 5 years unless cable and dish cut their prices in half and double their content. That just isn't going to happen.

I think you are right about the future of streaming content. However, if and when the other providers (cable, satellite, etc.) go away, Streaming providers will likely have to pay more for the content. When that happens you and I will be paying more for the content we consume. No free lunches.

One possible positive outcome from rising content prices: maybe some of the drivel that passes for news and informed opinion will no longer be affordable. Also, if the TV big wheels needed to cut costs, who would miss the talking heads?

Out
West

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Just watching the talking heads on Sunday morning will curdle your brain. I watch Fox mostly other wise my radio is on most of the time.

 

[Muddyboot]

I only keep cable for college football, otherwise I could do without.............

 

[Shootbrownelk]

Yep, nothing but advertisements. Wish they would let us pick channels rather than having to buy a package. Lots of channels just don't fit my lifestyle

Correct Jim, about 90% of their packages aren't worth watching. Pure trash. They should price each channel and let you pick which ones you want, besides the Local channels.
I HATE cable TV.

 

[Nevada Ed]

Could be a possibility..............

 

[venomballistics]

Television has been dying a slow and horrid death for years and pulling all of progressive humanity into its agonizing quagmire of suffering.
I don't have cable- after seeing some of the shows broadcast on cable I can assure you I never will. I seldom watch TV. I prefer to watch old TV shows on the computer.
I can't say whether the prediction given will come true. But in my book, it already has. And in reality, it probably should.

It's a tossup between death and mutation really.
since broadcast television went digital, there is a large measure of untapped potential.
They can ship multiple streams over the allotted bandwidth now.
If used constructively broadcast TV mutates into something that can be taken seriously again.
As they sit around a boardroom however, there is at least an equal potential to squander it.

 

[just jim]

Really you would think with all the discontent with cable they would change the way they do things

 

[venomballistics]

Really you would think with all the discontent with cable they would change the way they do things

one would think ...
but hey ... it worked in the 80's let's keep running with it just to make sure the business model is really dead.
Drafting up something to logically adapt is a lot of work for corporate types ya know

 

[EugeneNine]

I think broadcast TV will live on as will radio, particularly in dense population markets. Earlier mentioned was remembering free TV. Still is. I get CBS, NBC and ABC (picture rivals hi-def cable) and dozens of others with a digital antenna.

I would love to get cable a la carte. FOX News, FX and AMC... done. I can get other programming with a digital antenna and Netflix for On Demand.

Maybe there are FCC laws or something standing in the way, but I'm surprised the cable operators have let Netflix run away with On Demand content. Seems like the guys with the actual pipeline coming into the home would be on top and in control. Jazz up the Xfinity OD menus, add more content... Netflix would be in a world of hurt.

That would benefit the consumer, instead they would rather throttle Netflix's speed.

 

[AKtinman]

I miss that they quit playing the National Anthem when the TV station goes off the air at midnight

Oh, wait! I have cable.

We are fortunate enough to have fiber optic cable to this part of my street. That allows me to have HIGH-SPEED !! Internet - 3.8 Megs.

The other option is dial-up or satellite for internet.

Well, I'd rather have the Internet I have than to live in town for a faster connection.

 

[Will Carry]

So I try to get on my Netflix account through my Blue Ray player. I get a big warning sign saying "YOUR NETFLIX ACCOUNT HAS BEEN HACKED! YOU CANNOT ACCESS NETFLIX." So I call Netflix. I get some Pilipino guy who barely speaks English. I tell I've been hacked again and he says. "That is not a Netflix problem, you need to call Samsung." So I call Samsung and get an Indian who can barely speak English. He asked for all these numbers on the back of my Blue Ray player so I have to pull out the Blue Ray player and get the numbers. "You just need to download the latest firmware and you'll be fine" So after an hour I get the new firmware and NOTHING, so I call Samsung again and this Indian who can barely speak English tells we to unplug my Blue Ray player and plug it in to a different outlet. IDOITS! This guy is a total idiot! So I tell the to "please very kindly go and jump off a roof" in my Indian accent and hand up. Then I canceled my Netflix. Problem solved.