This whole idea was bought about by me watching Heroes episodes online, “TV on demand”. I watched a Lost episode online previously, but didn’t think much of it, but the more I get into the online thing the more I see that it’s an exciting untapped market. And there’s a ton of programming online that no one knows about because no one is marketing it.
There’s the TIVO. I own a SlingBox. There’s Comcast Video On Demand. Programming delivered when and where you want it. Why haven’t we finally gotten to a point when we can get delivered content on demand? Why are such technologies being challenged, stifled, and left to rot on the store shelves?
The “powers that be” originally decided it was a bandwidth issue. Then YouTube came along- sure the video was bad, but watchable and enjoyable. The ‘powers that be” decided to pull their copyrighted material off YouTube threatening lawsuits. They are now they’re trying own hand at these things, with no success due to them trying to adapt this new model to there.
It seems that the powers that be still want to stuff the same Reality-TV nonsense down our throats rather than allowing us to choose what we want to watch. I regularly disregard anything on mainstream TV because of its lack of substance. Good shows are regularly cancelled in place of trite (Arrested Development anyone?) and were forced to watch fixed content at regular time intervals rather than picking up a show on our time, when it convent for us.
Isn’t it time for user driven content- when and where you want it? Isn’t it time for our own custom programming when we want it? Isn’t it time for us to choose what we want rather than have it chosen for us?
I can do with the commercials within the on-Demand content, after all, the creators have to make a buck. I even can stand whatever product placement they have online. What I can’t stand is when I turn on the TV that I’m forced to watch time blocks pre-programmed to be whatever the power-that-be want it to be. It’s an ancient mentality driven by old ancient fools that refuse to change their business model. There is a ton of money to be made on the on demand model if the programming dinosaurs can sit-up and take notice.
