Streaming Internet TV and Cables Demise

Every month when cable TV bills start arriving in households across the country the same chorus can be heard from all corners of it

American, CO (prHWY.com) November 27, 2012 - Every month when cable TV bills start arriving in households across the country the same chorus can be heard from all corners of it, which is "I spend how much just to watch TV!!!" Yes it's a sentiment that is shared by just about everyone I know and probably by a good number of the folks you know as well. It's a mystery to most of us as to how we went from free TV to being nickel and dimed for everything we watch.

Take heart though things are changing and just as pay per view took out video rental stores, these changes in my opinion are going to make it difficult if not impossible for Comcast, DirectTv and Dish Network to continue in their present form. What events you may ask? Well the driving force behind these events is the continued evolution of the internet towards a one stop shop for anything and everything.

Let's take a quick look at number of technologies, services and behaviors that may have cable companies going the way of the Dodo bird.

Common everyday people are becoming increasingly disenchanted with the cost of cable and the quality of the shows that they paying for. These folks are also canceling their cable in favor of services like Netflix on an increasing basis.
New devices such as Boxee Box by D-Link are making it possible to hook your television up to the internet for streaming internet TV and movies from Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand and CinemaNow, These devices come with both an RJ45 Ethernet connection and Pre-N WiFi wireless capability onboard, so it's just a http://vimeo.com/54338418 matter of hooking them to your home network.
Almost all of the new LED backlit, 3D and plasma TVs coming on the market have at least an Ethernet connection in the rear of the set. Add to this the fact that a good number of the new models are also sporting WiFi as well and you can see how as time goes on the consumer is going to have increased access to the internet.
All of the major television stations (ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox) either have apps allowing you to download their shows or are developing apps that will enable it. The need for cable diminishes greatly when you can get your favorite sitcom off the internet.
This internet centric approach to life is not going to slow down anytime soon and as a matter of course it will more than likely only accelerate as more consumers figure out that they can turn to the internet for their entertainment. This should have the effect of transforming cable companies into little more than glorified Internet Service Providers.

Even as Internet Service Providers all is not rosy as they are also going to face increased competition as cell service provider's move to the new 4G technology. 4G tech will for the first time make it viable for the cell providers to offer a wireless broadband connection for use as your homes main broadband access point. Price is the only gray area that could slow down adoption of this approach to internet access.

There you have a brief overview of why I believe streaming internet TV and the demise of cable are under reported news. When you throw in other internet upgrades such as those presently only available in universities, which allow a full feature length movie to be downloaded in about 5 minutes, you can begin to see where the coming decade may be a tough one for cable providers.

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