Mobile Computers Push TV As Last ToDo
Owning a mobile computer could push our attention away from TV. We can do a lot now with computers to entertain ourselves, sometimes even leading us to doing something else other than sitting on the couch just to catch that popular game show.
I observed this from my kids who could entertain themselves on the computer and later do activities other than TV. For example, after my second son saw an origami video on-line, he spent more time learning the crease and folds than to watching cartoons. As for myself, I spent more time going back to reading on my e-reader/tablet instead of watching TV. My wife would rather go on-line to check her social networking account for updates than to see her favorite celebrities on a "previously" favorite TV shows. Anyway, we'd all get the chance to watch all those shows later on-line.
As more and more content get available on-line, like movies and even TV episodes, there is less need to watch them as TV networks and cable channels schedule them. You can watch them on-line when you find the time. It's like taking the DVR to the next level. Why spend to record shows if you can wait for them to get published for your streaming pleasure... at your leisure?
The future of entertainment on TV goes back to its roots. It's no longer prime to ask viewers to subscribe for prime content. The future really is about availability -- if you keep it available on-line and you get traffic, then you're good; similar to how TV works, if you don't have it, then you lose your viewers.
Of course, that depends on how much these companies would want to keep their content on cable. I still believe that publishing on-line is more profitable than sticking to scheduled content. People like being served fast. Except for live shows, if people have to wait for the schedule to watch something that's been shot a few days back anyway, why not just let them watch the show as soon or as late as they want to? At the end of the day, statistics would end up the same on record anyway.
The future is more about content on demand than TV. It's a shift that is starting now. From what I'm seeing, we should see it more prominently with our next generations to come.
I observed this from my kids who could entertain themselves on the computer and later do activities other than TV. For example, after my second son saw an origami video on-line, he spent more time learning the crease and folds than to watching cartoons. As for myself, I spent more time going back to reading on my e-reader/tablet instead of watching TV. My wife would rather go on-line to check her social networking account for updates than to see her favorite celebrities on a "previously" favorite TV shows. Anyway, we'd all get the chance to watch all those shows later on-line.
As more and more content get available on-line, like movies and even TV episodes, there is less need to watch them as TV networks and cable channels schedule them. You can watch them on-line when you find the time. It's like taking the DVR to the next level. Why spend to record shows if you can wait for them to get published for your streaming pleasure... at your leisure?
The future of entertainment on TV goes back to its roots. It's no longer prime to ask viewers to subscribe for prime content. The future really is about availability -- if you keep it available on-line and you get traffic, then you're good; similar to how TV works, if you don't have it, then you lose your viewers.
Of course, that depends on how much these companies would want to keep their content on cable. I still believe that publishing on-line is more profitable than sticking to scheduled content. People like being served fast. Except for live shows, if people have to wait for the schedule to watch something that's been shot a few days back anyway, why not just let them watch the show as soon or as late as they want to? At the end of the day, statistics would end up the same on record anyway.
The future is more about content on demand than TV. It's a shift that is starting now. From what I'm seeing, we should see it more prominently with our next generations to come.
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