Ok - Tivo has great plans and a potentially strong market niche. But what will happen 4-6 years from now when our bandwidth reach +10Mpbs? The delivery of content will be completely on-demand. Won't media networks take advantage of these ultra-high bandwidth lines and build their own customized, fully interactive, on-demand service? That is what a web page does, but today we work with a somewhat limited bandwidth -- cnn.com doesn't offer full TV-like content on their website because its simply too much content. Five years from now, this sort of web/TV conjunction will be common. It is the final stage of delivering us first-class, interactive content.
Now how can Tivo compete with this? Why will their box be useful if all it is is on-demand content, much like a website is today. Unless they revolutionize television viewing through some form similar to what is said in the post above, where you are able to watch your grandchild's Little League through someone who is responsible for videotaping it, what good will Tivo serve? My only guess is seeing them as being the union to all of this content, much like Google is the union to other forms of content on the Internet. Ironically, 4-6 years from now, won't the Internet and TV be the same thing? If Tivo really decides to be the union to media content, what differences will it have over Google? Currently, Google runs R&D on search algorithms, in the hope it will attract the public, and then advertisers to generate revenue. Tivo is also going through a prosperous time, R&D technologies approved by the government that will resolve the issue with copyright usage so we can legally "share" content. These two companies are currently on two different quests at the moment, but what will happen when our bandwidth is high enough, allowing television to fuse with the web. TV networks will provide interactive, on-demand content. What else is there for Tivo to do? What good is there to allowing us to record and share a show, if the show can be watched anytime, anywhere, through streamed, on-demand service. Tivo's only role from that point will be to unify all of the content offered by various networks (a search engine for television).
I now ask: what will then be the difference between a future Google and Tivo? Isn't the final objective of both to find desirable content? Today Google owns Internet search, and likewise, Tivo owns TV search. They both have similar objectives, and only a slightly different form of working with the content. Tivo lets you record things, but in the years to come with the fusion of television and the web, how can Tivo stay in shape if things no longer need to be recorded, being that they can be viewed anytime? The only left over market for them would be uniting all of this new televised content from various networks into some form of search technology; which would be very useful. But isn't that exactly what Google, Microsoft, or the so called "Clusty" by Vivisimo is trying to do?
For all the incredible things Tivo allows for, I can't imagine a physical technology with monthly fees to live too long; they are fighting for an awesome concept, but where is this all going to lead? Could Tivo technology be the new middleman for copyrighted works? Will it end up head to head against Google or am I talking nonsense?
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Ok - Tivo has great plans and a potentially strong market niche. But what will happen 4-6 years from now when our bandwidth reach +10Mpbs? The delivery of content will be completely on-demand. Won't media networks take advantage of these ultra-high bandwidth lines and build their own customized, fully interactive, on-demand service? That is what a web page does, but today we work with a somewhat limited bandwidth -- cnn.com doesn't offer full TV-like content on their website because its simply too much content. Five years from now, this sort of web/TV conjunction will be common. It is the final stage of delivering us first-class, interactive content.
Now how can Tivo compete with this? Why will their box be useful if all it is is on-demand content, much like a website is today. Unless they revolutionize television viewing through some form similar to what is said in the post above, where you are able to watch your grandchild's Little League through someone who is responsible for videotaping it, what good will Tivo serve? My only guess is seeing them as being the union to all of this content, much like Google is the union to other forms of content on the Internet. Ironically, 4-6 years from now, won't the Internet and TV be the same thing? If Tivo really decides to be the union to media content, what differences will it have over Google? Currently, Google runs R&D on search algorithms, in the hope it will attract the public, and then advertisers to generate revenue. Tivo is also going through a prosperous time, R&D technologies approved by the government that will resolve the issue with copyright usage so we can legally "share" content. These two companies are currently on two different quests at the moment, but what will happen when our bandwidth is high enough, allowing television to fuse with the web. TV networks will provide interactive, on-demand content. What else is there for Tivo to do? What good is there to allowing us to record and share a show, if the show can be watched anytime, anywhere, through streamed, on-demand service. Tivo's only role from that point will be to unify all of the content offered by various networks (a search engine for television).
I now ask: what will then be the difference between a future Google and Tivo? Isn't the final objective of both to find desirable content? Today Google owns Internet search, and likewise, Tivo owns TV search. They both have similar objectives, and only a slightly different form of working with the content. Tivo lets you record things, but in the years to come with the fusion of television and the web, how can Tivo stay in shape if things no longer need to be recorded, being that they can be viewed anytime? The only left over market for them would be uniting all of this new televised content from various networks into some form of search technology; which would be very useful. But isn't that exactly what Google, Microsoft, or the so called "Clusty" by Vivisimo is trying to do?
For all the incredible things Tivo allows for, I can't imagine a physical technology with monthly fees to live too long; they are fighting for an awesome concept, but where is this all going to lead? Could Tivo technology be the new middleman for copyrighted works? Will it end up head to head against Google or am I talking nonsense?