Robin Blandford [ ByteSurgery.com ]

24/06/08 Live vs Static TV and Web

CHICAGO, UNITED STATES - I’ve been watching Hulu.com since arriving in the States. It’s TV on-demand, and with my Macbook video-out connected to our TV, it’s very very appealing. So much so - I’ll miss it when I go home.

But - here’s the thing, there’s something nice, I can’t put my finger on, about watching live TV too, no matter how trashy it is.

Why…

• You don’t know what’s coming up?
• Feeling of not having to pay attention?
• Not guilty for picking wrong thing?
• Feeling of Connectedness with others?
• Networks schedule related content together?
• Having watched the same thing as others?
• Getting the very latest of something?
• Being average?

How does this apply to the web where almost everything is on-demand? Do we need to automate parts of it for people?

-Robin

(Image Credit: Kayakers paddle down the Chicago river viewed from outside my apartment. By Author.)

Tags: connected, hulu, live, tv

1 Comment

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28/06/08 Mike Kelly

Hi Robin.

Reallly good website. Found it through grannymar via Steph.
Totally agree with your live TV analysis. Eventually I think most if not all TV will be viewed via the net.
I am a big fan of Quicktime encoder. There is much talk of Flash video at the moment but I think QT is a far better encoder and eventually it will assume a dominant role in the market for live(QT broadcaster) and on demand streaming

All the best

Mike
http://mikekellytv.com
G4 1 GHZ Dual OS 10.3.9

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