Comments on: Think the Internet will replace TV ? Think again http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/ the mark cuban weblog Thu, 31 May 2012 20:17:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: JohnD http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14709 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:52 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14709 “Business Week” on how YouTube is either “the next NBC or the next Napster”–
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_15/b3979093.htm

New study of on-line video viewing habits–
http://www.adage.com/news.cms?newsId=48501 (subscription required)

]]> By: JohnD http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14710 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:52 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14710 There was a Bloomberg article last Thursday that reminded me of this post and earlier ones on bandwidth concerns. The Bloomberg article (“Global Crossing Burns `Short-Sellers’ on Higher Network Demand,” 4/20/06) discussed the recent rally in Global Crossing’s shares “on higher demand for fiber-optic networks.” According to the article, Global Crossing’s stock has “climbed 41 percent since March 10, the date of last month’s short-sales statistics.” The article noted, “The company’s advance has been part of a rally by telecommunications-service providers including Level 3 Communications Inc. on speculation increasing usage of the Internet for video, music and telephone calls will boost traffic on their networks.”

]]> By: JohnD http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14711 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:52 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14711 Consistent w/ this blog post, AP article this weekend (5/14) headlined “High-Definition Video Could Choke Internet” — http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060514/ap_on_hi_te/net_neutrality

]]> By: thynoe123 http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14712 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:52 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14712 well internet is fast becoming the newest and most advanced digital fad nowadays, I definitely think that its going to replace television, I wouldn’t have been able to meet my current girl in webdatedotcom in not for the internet

]]> By: ed richard http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14713 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:52 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14713 its great to see some energy back in basketball. im a old celtics fan and have found all the nba got boreing until this year. congrads to both finals teams !

ed :-)

]]> By: ed richard http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14714 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:52 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14714 keep up the good work !!

]]> By: Bob Johnson http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14715 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:52 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14715 Interent has changed my life and almost replaced TV.

]]> By: greg http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14674 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14674 Remember 5 years ago when baseball signed a shared revenue agreement for income generated through the internet? That was a small blip on the radar, and some laughed at Selig. I thought the agreement would eventually bring financial equality into MLB (like for the NFL) so teams in Kansas City and Minnesota can survive. Back when they signed it, I pictured something 20 years away when shared revenues would eliminate the Yankees-Dogders-RedSox-Met spending domination. So I placed my MLB watching on hold for some time. Hopefully the cash equalizing can take place sooner. Until then, baseball will be off my radar.

Here is a link to an article on MLB shared internet revenues: http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w050221&s=marchman022205

Greg

ps-Mavs just moved to #1 on BoxScoreBasketball.com’s objective rankings system.
http://www.boxscorebasketball.com/topten.htm

]]> By: Ben Drawbaugh http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14675 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14675 I have to disagree with you on this one Mark.

There are two points you are not considering, that I think are going to make a big impact.

1. Compression technologies continue to become more efficient. Go check out some 1080p movie trailers at Apple using their H.264 CODEC. Theses 1080p clips perform beautiful quality at less than 10Mbs and 720p is around 6Mbs. This will only get better, the trick is to leave the architecture open to new CODECs, unlike the ATSC spec.

2. Cable already has enough bandwidth to do whatever they want. It just so happens that they are using it to send all those cable channels to you today. Using some simple math a single coax in the home at todays technology has the ability to carry over 5Gbs (that is a G as in giga). With newer versions of encoding this only gets better. Here is how it works. In most Metro areas today they are running on a 900Mhz cable system. Each analog channel takes up 6Mhz and using QAM256 the same channle can carry approximately 45Mbs. You can do the math, but the point is that if the cable companies want to go to “On demand” programming or supply big Throughput for Internet, they have more than enough bandwidth to send you whatever you want.

The problem is not the last mile bandwidth, but the technology and the backbone, where does the media come from how is it controlled? To your point TCP/IP is not that great at carrying Video content, it is inefficient. But the reason is not the last mile it is the backbone infrastructure. The telcos might not be ready but the cable co’s have been ready for some years now. They saw this coming when they starting building for the first wave of broadband.

Thanks for the interesting insight, I found it very intriguing.

Ben

]]> By: Peter T Davis http://blogmaverick.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14676 Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:04:51 +0000 http://blogmaverick.wordpress.com/2006/03/18/think-the-internet-will-replace-tv-think-again/#comment-14676 I think it’s somewhat shortsighted to think of the future expansion of “bandwidth” only in terms of what the wires will carry. Do we really need to be wired to be “wired”?

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