TV's Tipping Point

alinv writes ": Ashley Highfield, the head of BBC New Media & Technology spoke yesterday at a conference about how TV is being radically changed by users: 'future TV will may be unrecognisable from today, defined not just by linear TV channels, packaged and scheduled by television executives, but instead will resemble more of a kaleidoscope, thousands of streams of content, some indistinguishable as actual channels.'"

Comments

Re:For Users?

[Space cowboy]

You're aware that the BBC has no adverts or pay-per-view yes ? Which media conglomerates are you talking about ?

The Beeb is supported by basically the entire country (everyone with a TV) paying for a TV licence. You can't watch TV without one - saying "I don't watch BBC" is not a defence :-) They also sell their programs abroad.

In general the quality is a damn sight better than all the advert-or-ppv-funded channels. You can argue whether the "tax" imposed on TV viewers is fair, but since it costs me less per year for the Beeb than it does for 2 months of Sky, I don't think it's a strong argument, given that the programs can be much better. Yeah, they have crap too. Show me a channel that doesn't...

Simon.

Re:PVRs are already making TV unrecognizable

[K8Fan]

So very true. I got a pair of DirecTivos and upgraded both of them, and my wife hasn't watched anything in real time since. She watches what I call the "Vickie Channel", a channel that has programs that would never appear on the same channel, all of which match her tastes. For instance, she put all the actors from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy in her "Wish List" (except Christopher Lee who has been in hundreds of films). So her Tivo has delivered her a number of great films from New Zealand and Australia starring Miranda Otto.