How much longer will television as we know it even be relevant?

I quit paying for satellite in 2007, my parents just dropped it; more and more people I know are dropping pay TV and getting content over the air and over the web. And it's not just because of the economy...

How long until we just buy season passes to watch our favorite teams play streamed directly to our television sets? And when that happens, what good are big markets?

(11-23-2011 04:38 PM)Chappy Wrote:  How much longer will television as we know it even be relevant?

I quit paying for satellite in 2007, my parents just dropped it; more and more people I know are dropping pay TV and getting content over the air and over the web. And it's not just because of the economy...

How long until we just buy season passes to watch our favorite teams play streamed directly to our television sets? And when that happens, what good are big markets?

Big markets can still matter because the SEC could force you to buy ALL of their content if you want ANY of their content. So if you're in Alabama you'd be forced to buy South Carolina and Texas A&M.

That's just one example, and the same could happen all over.

It matters because football and sports are live.

as you mentioned, TV really DOESN'T matter. You can watch your fav shows anytime anywhere and bypass ads etc.

Once a game ends, a fan knows the outcome and replay value plummets, meaning a majority of fans not only represent ideal spending consumers, but people willing to sit through commercials because their games hold the most value as they watch them unfold.

Hence the absurd paychecks being doled out

That happened years ago now.

(11-23-2011 04:38 PM)Chappy Wrote:  How much longer will television as we know it even be relevant?

I quit paying for satellite in 2007, my parents just dropped it; more and more people I know are dropping pay TV and getting content over the air and over the web. And it's not just because of the economy...

How long until we just buy season passes to watch our favorite teams play streamed directly to our television sets? And when that happens, what good are big markets?

I always enjoyed listening to games on the radio.

(11-23-2011 05:06 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  I always enjoyed listening to games on the radio.

I'm with you there Avenger. My favorite thing in life was fishing the gulf coast at night, listening to the Astros play a west coast game on the radio.

That said, media is my business. Mostly online, some TV. I just have to tell you people, as much as it would help me if it weren't so, but there is still a world of difference between the two - more than an order of magnitude. The money is still larger in TV than the aggregate of online media. More importantly, there's no comparing the concentration of money/eyeballs - online is still about dredging for tiny little grains of gold while TV is knocking boulders out of veins.