Television Reloaded
Interesting set of stories on the future of TV, focusing on the digital revolution and innovative new business models.
Note this
CBS has plans to post two or three separate endings for its popular “CSI” series on the Web, and the broadcaster is also looking into VOD over the Internet.
and this
Analysts like Sanford Bernstein’s Tom Wolzien believe that content makers have a “once in a generation” opportunity right now to start distributing their products directly to consumers via the Internet. By cutting out the middleman, he believes companies like Disney, Viacom and Liberty could increase their revenues by as much as 50 percent over the next few years. Broadcasters who also own their own product, like News Corp., major commercial networks, public broadcasters like the BBC and other content makers, would also stand to gain…”
read more at Newsweek