{"id":6925,"date":"2014-11-28T17:37:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T01:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=6925"},"modified":"2014-11-28T17:37:34","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T01:37:34","slug":"netflix-poised-for-world-domination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=6925","title":{"rendered":"Netflix Poised for World Domination"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maybe I’m exaggerating with that title, but the truth is that Netflix has become a force to be rekoned with as far as video content is concerned. Not only are they frequently mentioned in talk of “net neutrality,” but recently Netflix CEO Reed Hastings predicted that Broadcast TV will be dead by 2030. I agree.
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\nBroadcast TV has been suffering a lingering death for a while now. Competition killed it. That’s not only competition from the Internet, but from video games and streaming services like Netflix. Add HBO into the mix, and get them off the Cable company’s smorgasbord, and soon the only reason that you’ll be paying the cable bill will be for broadband Internet.<\/p>\n

I suppose someone could make the same argument for printed books as well, but it’s not the same.<\/p>\n

Books have been around for hundreds of years — thousands if you count scrolls and other printed material. People treasure books and enjoy them. The same can be said for vinyl records, which are still available, treasured, and worth listening to. You can’t say the same for broadcast TV. In fact, you never could; since its inception, TV has offered up so much drek that “good” programs are the exception, not the rule.<\/p>\n

When you have a tool like the Internet, one that can connect a producer with a consumer in such a direct, expedient, and elegant manner, then the middle man needs to go buh-bye. Unless they can somehow add value to the content, broadcast TV will definitely be gone by 2030 — maybe even earlier.<\/p>\n

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