The internet amongst other things has changed entertainment in a radical way. Now a days the internet really filters out a lot of different types of television shows, movies, radio programs and whatever else might be available. It has now successfully destroyed radio. Howard Stern predicted this six years ago but it really has come to fruition. Any advertiser that believes anyone with any real money is listening to ordinary radio has lost their mind. I don't believe they do as all you hear are debt consolidation commercials. Satellite radio is by far better because it is geared to a lot of different tastes and the smartest thing they did recently is make themselves available on the internet and over people's phones.
The internet also allows you to find others that enjoy the same things you do so ten years ago if you found a show like Madmen, you may find one or two friends that can get into it and you guys would discuss it. Now, Madmen, which is on a relatively unknown cable network, has a relatively small but vocal following that has made it a cultural phenomenon. Ten years ago the show would have never made it because the word of mouth and that vocal minority would have never made it so obvious to people how much the show is loved.
Bill Simmons is a guy who has attacked the internet and made a whole new type of sports media/pop culture review that is really amazing. He is now starting a separate website that I believe will be an absolute homerun because this guy gets it. Simmons doesn't try and do too much, he just does what he wants to do. I guess he realized a while ago that if he writes and speaks about the things that he loves, he'll have listeners and countless readers because the product will be better than him just trying to fit in the same old mold.
I just bought one of these massive Apple iMac's and I am loving it. I have realized how much a computer now can provide ten times the entertainment that a television or a radio could. The internet has allowed you to combine television, movies, magazines, newspapers, blogs, podcasts and so many other things. I have a feeling in ten years, network television is going to be dramatically different because the demographic that doesn't understand the internet is slowly fading into the ether. The future lies in the iPad, google television, other tablet devices and televisions that are more computers. Just like newspapers and radio are going to be extinct sooner, rather than later, television has no where to go. There are no adjustments to be made. All its going to take is one website to develop its own content that compels people to watch over anything they see on network television or cable. The technology already exists to allow for a computer will be in your living room with limitless, customizable and interactive options, as opposed to a plain old television, which is really unilateral and speculative entertainment.
0 comments:
Post a Comment