The End of TV Is Here

[formerradio]

Here is the link to the Hollywood Reporter story.

The End of TV Is Here

As the final few holdouts (like the Oscars) ink streaming deals, a monumental shift in the way Hollywood works is underway.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[KeithE4]

You mean the end of OTA broadcasting? Maybe the OTA channels will shut down in the next decade or so (which has been talked about for at least 20 years and hasn't happened yet), but the programming is not going away; the broadcast companies are changing with the times. They have to go where the Sacred Sales Demo audience is.

 

[Don CT]

Streaming is the future. Cable TV is dead man walking.

 

[wadio]

Streaming is the future. Cable TV is dead man walking.

Absolutely!

But it would happen much faster if the streaming suppliers would make it a better experience.

Viewers don't necessarily want to be confronted by a blistering screenful of in-your-face content. They like the simplicity of Cable.

After many years, iHeart finally figured out that people liked the old presets in their cars! So they revamped the app.

Streaming TV needs to do the same, IMO.

 

[Don CT]

Absolutely!

But it would happen much faster if the streaming suppliers would make it a better experience.

Viewers don't necessarily want to be confronted by a blistering screenful of in-your-face content. They like the simplicity of Cable.

After many years, iHeart finally figured out that people liked the old presets in their cars! So they revamped the app.

Streaming TV needs to do the same, IMO.

The older generation might want simple, the younger crowd want everything at their fingertips.

 

[michael hagerty]

But it would happen much faster if the streaming suppliers would make it a better experience.

Viewers don't necessarily want to be confronted by a blistering screenful of in-your-face content. They like the simplicity of Cable.

Cable:




Streaming:








My face remains unblistered. And I can find stuff a whole lot quicker on streaming than I can on the cable menu.

 

[KilowattKat]

What's also great about streaming....

Finding what you want simply by asking Alexa.

 

[wadio]

The older generation might want simple, the younger crowd want everything at their fingertips.

So why did iHeart go the other way? They're heavily promoting the old radio presets.

Not saying that streaming TV should do a 180, just also offer a simpler interface.

 

[wadio]

What's also great about streaming....

Finding what you want simply by asking Alexa.

So instead of turning your TV on and seeing your favorite station, you have to ask your virtual slave to play what you want?

 

[KilowattKat]

So instead of turning your TV on and seeing your favorite station, you have to ask your virtual slave to play what you want?

With streaming, it's not about your favorite station. Instead of finding your favorite station, you can now find your favorite shows, and watch them on demand. When you want to watch, and not being dictated by a schedule.

 

[tall_guy1]

Cable:

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Streaming:


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My face remains unblistered. And I can find stuff a whole lot quicker on streaming than I can on the cable menu.

If you save it to your list, you can find it pretty quickly. I have Philo and do that ($28 a month.)

 

[michael hagerty]

If you save it to your list, you can find it pretty quickly. I have Philo and do that ($28 a month.)

And anything I watch on any streaming platform by default appears when I open the platform. I don't even have to save.

 

[tbolt909]

And anything I watch on any streaming platform by default appears when I open the platform. I don't even have to save.

I've known people who purchased DVDs of movies and TV shows. The idea was they can watch them anytime they want. They end up covered in cobwebs on a shelf.

With DISH, you can DVR shows if you wish. If I am just flipping through the channels, inevitably I will find The Godfather and start watching for the umpteenth time. I guess I am Old School...

 

[radiofan2023]

And anything I watch on any streaming platform by default appears when I open the platform. I don't even have to save.

On my Samsung, I don’t even have to open a streaming service. i just select the streaming service I have from an icon list, and shows from that service that I’ve watched show up in preview boxes right above the streaming service icon.

 

[MMVRBfan9]

Earlier it was mentioned about the end of OTA broadcasting. If anything the ATSC 3.0 mess is looking like, it'll be like the ONTV days of the early 80s. Signals being sent with DRM encryption that no converter box much less TV set with a 'NextGen TV' tuner in it can't de-encrypt for what?----charging for diginet subchannels or the primetime network programming only? 'They' seem hellbent on complicating matters all in the name of targeted advertising--*cough*---infringement.

 

[bmasters1981]

I've known people who purchased DVDs of movies and TV shows. The idea was they can watch them anytime they want. They end up covered in cobwebs on a shelf.

Indeed, because they see hour after hour, episode after episode, of new stuff on streaming.

 

[Don CT]

So why did iHeart go the other way? They're heavily promoting the old radio presets.

Not saying that streaming TV should do a 180, just also offer a simpler interface.

They are a radio company stuck in their old ways.

 

[wadio]

They are a radio company stuck in their old ways.

So what's wrong with both? Options are good.

 

[Don CT]

So what's wrong with both? Options are good.

Change is good too. Soon kids will not even know what a preset is.

 

[wadio]

Change is good too. Soon kids will not even know what a preset is.

But remember the pendulum swings both ways. 🤔