Comments on: Predicting The Future http://blog.isecore.net/2008/04/07/predicting-the-future/ A Kevlar-Burrito Full Of Meat Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:34:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Vidde http://blog.isecore.net/2008/04/07/predicting-the-future/#comment-113377 Vidde Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:43:34 +0000 http://blog.isecore.net/?p=1923#comment-113377 Or maybe noone will pay for anything in the future because all monetary systems has crashed and we will have replicators and... Wait, how far into the future are we talking about? Henka, before you say anything furter, remember what our beloved fouth channel does (still); they start showing a movie, then pauses the whole thing for half an hour(!) to show commercials and stuff about what's coming later and what has allready happened in the world (news)... If I want to watch the film, in one hour I'll only see what I want 50% of the time... Or maybe noone will pay for anything in the future because all monetary systems has crashed and we will have replicators and… Wait, how far into the future are we talking about?

Henka, before you say anything furter, remember what our beloved fouth channel does (still); they start showing a movie, then pauses the whole thing for half an hour(!) to show commercials and stuff about what’s coming later and what has allready happened in the world (news)… If I want to watch the film, in one hour I’ll only see what I want 50% of the time…

]]> By: henka http://blog.isecore.net/2008/04/07/predicting-the-future/#comment-112369 henka Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:49:57 +0000 http://blog.isecore.net/?p=1923#comment-112369 Today there is two sorts of TV. The "free" (as in, comercial) and the "not-free" as in pay-per-view or subscription based. The "free" will never go away, this is what normal programing lives and thrives on. The paid TV today is gaining popularity. Examples are Canal Digital and Viasat (for scandinavia atleast), and on those channels there is no commercial and much less "reality TV" then on the other category (TV3-4-5-6-7 etc). But reality TV is loosing out more and more, gone are the days when Canal Digital could sell 24/7 tickets for Big Brother. They still do (I belive) but during my time on CD my managment was worried that the sales of those tickets acctualy was getting lower, and that year was the all-time low. People are getting tierd of live tv, they want better scripts etc. Shows like o.c proves this. And commercial sells because the timeslot and show is popular. If the shows has 45 min commercials and 15 min show, no-one would see the show and thuss the company selling the product would't pay for the commercial (reputation is importaint). It's a balance. I belive a future where we pay for what we want when we want it. AppleTV, Live Marketplace (x360) and ITunes (and soon Playstation Network) proves this. But regular TV will stick around because not everyone has the internet connection to allow for "broadband" entertainment. Today there is two sorts of TV. The “free” (as in, comercial) and the “not-free” as in pay-per-view or subscription based.

The “free” will never go away, this is what normal programing lives and thrives on. The paid TV today is gaining popularity. Examples are Canal Digital and Viasat (for scandinavia atleast), and on those channels there is no commercial and much less “reality TV” then on the other category (TV3-4-5-6-7 etc). But reality TV is loosing out more and more, gone are the days when Canal Digital could sell 24/7 tickets for Big Brother. They still do (I belive) but during my time on CD my managment was worried that the sales of those tickets acctualy was getting lower, and that year was the all-time low.

People are getting tierd of live tv, they want better scripts etc. Shows like o.c proves this.

And commercial sells because the timeslot and show is popular. If the shows has 45 min commercials and 15 min show, no-one would see the show and thuss the company selling the product would’t pay for the commercial (reputation is importaint). It’s a balance. I belive a future where we pay for what we want when we want it. AppleTV, Live Marketplace (x360) and ITunes (and soon Playstation Network) proves this. But regular TV will stick around because not everyone has the internet connection to allow for “broadband” entertainment.

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