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iPad Just Another TV Set?
An anonymous reader writes "An iPad is just another TV set, and can be viewed just like an extra outlet. These are the words Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) has thrown toward content providers as demand for consumer viewing keeps shifting to more available sources like Roku, Apple TV, and the iPad, over providers like Netflix, and Hulu, and now Cable TV. Programmers are throwing down the gauntlet as more devices are able to stream video from a variety of providers."
Schedule managers would be a more apt term
when first reading TFS, my first parsing suggested some random C-jockeys screaming "oh no it isnt" in a bid to prove the ipad isnt a TV, didnt make a lot of sense
People, what a bunch of bastards
You'd think they would look at the death throes of the newspaper guys, and magazines, and Blockbuster et al, and record stores, and etc etc, and change their ways. But they won't.
"Sacrifice for the good of The State" - The State
I'm pretty sure that the "majority of the population" do not need entertainment shows created by someone else. This isn't food we are talking about.
To a pull system from a push content system. A push system is defined as something like television, where everything is pushed with a schedule at timed intervals. A pull content gives you a choice, instead of waiting and being forced to stay for a show.
For example, even on legal sites, you choose when and what to watch, availability withstanding.
DVR is a stopgap in that direction. Netflix, Hulu and Youtube are currently going in the right direction.