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When the web started, we all found out that we could have our own web page and our own blog or, if you were Jim Robinson, your own forum. But a little later we found out that we could have our own radio show (i.e podcast). And now we find that we can have our own TV show and as upload bandwidth improves with time, we will find that we can stream that video from our own attic. That is a certainly a transfroming event in the history of communications and it remains to be seen who will be the winners and losers in that very democratic (not Democrapic) environment.
Right now you can see pretty darn good HD video streaming from abc.com and, of course, tons of garbage quality video at YouTube and a hundred other YouTube clones. It is certain that competition will force the YouTubes to continuously improve the quality of their video and so we are heading for a streaming HD future on the Internet. $700 HD video cameras, of which there are many, will accelerate that trend. That certainly will dilute the customer base and therefore the influence and value of the major networks. In the end, the major networks can only hold out against this massive competition with quality content. That is why I think the writers strike is so important. Once the content quality falls (and it is doing so pretty rapidly) the customers will flow to alternatives on the net.
Is it time for a regular Jim Robinson videocast?
Cute cartoon. So true.
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