I keep trying to write about how TV has changed because of the internet because control has slipped irretrievably from the grasp of the average couch potato.
I keep rewriting this post but think up more objections all the time. It is easier to write this post in point form, this makes me a lazy writer but is the only way I can get some words out before I have another idea and replace the old thoughts with new ones. I don't mind writing like this, hope it doesn't bother you too much, I might do it this way all the time:
- The UK used to only have 4 channels which meant we'd frequently watch the same programs.
- The chances of this happening now are becoming more slight all the time. There are so many channels now that the chances of you watching the same things your friends watch is greatly reduced. And don't even get me started on the amount of sky channels there are. So now the UK public is alienated and no longer shares experiences with its friends or each other.
-TV is becoming obsolete as more programs are available online. Why watch anything when somebody else decides rather than at a time convenient for us?
- What kind of challenge does this present to traditional advertisers?
- Why are there so many adverts for car insurance or cars? Is this the result of a recession economy? Is a car still the second most expensive thing you can buy?
- How does the average program maker contend with the whimsy of the internet?
- Are programs becoming hopelessly diluted because there are so many channels and places they can be posted?
- How is quality maintained in all this?
- How are the film studios reacting to the advent of the 'massively epic TV series box set'? You just can't have as much story in a 2 hour long film as you can in a 29 episode series. Do the math! It means that film makers are having to cover ground in a much more compressed format regardless of how much content you've fit onto a Blue Ray Disc! Films can't compete with series. So films are going to have to do something different end of the story.
And leave it there. For now. Questions often raise more questions rather than provide answers like they used to.
I keep rewriting this post but think up more objections all the time. It is easier to write this post in point form, this makes me a lazy writer but is the only way I can get some words out before I have another idea and replace the old thoughts with new ones. I don't mind writing like this, hope it doesn't bother you too much, I might do it this way all the time:
- The UK used to only have 4 channels which meant we'd frequently watch the same programs.
- The chances of this happening now are becoming more slight all the time. There are so many channels now that the chances of you watching the same things your friends watch is greatly reduced. And don't even get me started on the amount of sky channels there are. So now the UK public is alienated and no longer shares experiences with its friends or each other.
-TV is becoming obsolete as more programs are available online. Why watch anything when somebody else decides rather than at a time convenient for us?
- What kind of challenge does this present to traditional advertisers?
- Why are there so many adverts for car insurance or cars? Is this the result of a recession economy? Is a car still the second most expensive thing you can buy?
- How does the average program maker contend with the whimsy of the internet?
- Are programs becoming hopelessly diluted because there are so many channels and places they can be posted?
- How is quality maintained in all this?
- How are the film studios reacting to the advent of the 'massively epic TV series box set'? You just can't have as much story in a 2 hour long film as you can in a 29 episode series. Do the math! It means that film makers are having to cover ground in a much more compressed format regardless of how much content you've fit onto a Blue Ray Disc! Films can't compete with series. So films are going to have to do something different end of the story.
And leave it there. For now. Questions often raise more questions rather than provide answers like they used to.
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