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    GSlusher
    Jul 24 12:09 PM
    Music Downloads: You Can't Regulate One Industry and Leave Another Alone [view article]
    Interesting that the author admits to behavior that, in some countries (e.g., the US), may be a crime punishable by fine and/or jail, not to mention a civil tort. (When you download via Bit Torrent, you may also be "publishing" copyright files because of the way Bit Torrent works.)

    As for playing iTunes Store music on devices other than iPods, Fred seems to be behind the times, ignorant or deceptive. One can LEGALLY burn CDs from a "playlist" on iTunes, including songs purchased through the iTunes Store, as has been the case since the iTunes Store was opened.     Reply
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    Jon T
    Jul 24 10:40 AM
    Music Downloads: You Can't Regulate One Industry and Leave Another Alone [view article]
    Quite right.

    This British Government goes off half-cocked at every opportunity. It's quite unbelievable.

    And if they do do this, what comes next, books, film and every other type of digital consumable?

    The mess we in, and it could be far worse without the efforts of Apple's iTunes (5 billion songs and counting) is entirely due to the backwardness and greed of the music labels. Having made the mess they want to resort to legislation, and what government is more willing to issue legislation on anything that moves than this one?     Reply
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    The Shepherd
    Jul 21 05:08 PM
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    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    I don't understand why the stockholders don't demand more from TV executives. Sort of reminds me of General Motors, "We just need to market the product right, more gas hogs, more Hummers". TV is a vast wasteland, I too say, "Let it die". I canceled my satellite service in 2002 and have been TV free since then. Reply
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    myteev
    Jul 21 03:54 PM
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    Cable vs Online Video: Who's Winning? [view article]
    I believe the 'nail in the coffin" for network television is when CDN's and sites like hulu (NBC, FOX) develop high end shows just for the online comunity (internet) and then later newtork TV will syndicate from the CDN. Reply
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    Not
    surprised
    Jul 21 02:56 PM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    Like the movie studios, the networks have become divisions of very large multi-national corporations with many other interests.Each division must show substantial profits or else. The result is the production of least common denominator tv and films notwithstanding the abysmal content of the product.TAKE NO RISKS in the choice of material.I write this as a former film producer and studio executive of many years standing. Reply
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    Nigel
    Shiftright
    Jul 21 02:19 PM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    What a great article! As an engineer that deals with broadcasters and networks, I learned several years ago that with minor exceptions, the technology and programming are irrelevent to management. They don't want to pay for anything unless it interrupts the flow of the commercials. Good enough is good enough. Redundancy? Nobody's watching our digital anyways. 2009 is going to be a lot of fun. Reply
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    User 190816
    Jul 21 10:12 AM
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    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    another in the long long line of shock columnists pronouncing the death of broadcast TV. but i have to say this is the first time i've read in the same article the solution is the same = broadcast TV.

    you can't have it both ways. which is it? (here's a hint: see your own line about "people don't have an Internet room in the house")

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    CT
    Programmer
    Jul 21 08:49 AM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    Good article, but I think your "big show" type of thinking won't go far anymore with TV, or any other media for that matter. I'm 40, and when we were kids there were basically 4 or 5 channels to watch. You still watched on days when, if you had been the program director, shows were on that you wouldn't necessarily put on. Sure, there were really good shows on. But if there had been adequate competition, would you really have watched one of the big three networks during prime time? How many half-hour shows had good ratings just because they were plugged in between the good half-hour show at 8pm and the good show at 9pm? "Good" content is relative. People say that there are 200 channels on cable and nothing to watch, but the reality is that out of those 200 channels they may be interested in about 10 of them, but someone else would pick 10 different channels. Media is now spread out amongst a vast array of programming that can't possibly hope to attract the huge audiences of the past because not everyone is interested in the same thing. Your Superbowl analogy is an anomaly. I wasn't one of those millions of viewers because I can't stand football. You put on nothing but football on TV and you're lost me entirely. What will save the big media companies is to continue to buy up the little channels, but keep the targeted programming. Look at how many cable channels NBC owns now. The ad revenues will be lower for any given channel, because the audience is smaller, but the scale of the entire multi-channel operation will provide the revenues.

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    crowdofcheer
    leaders
    Jul 21 04:02 AM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    if you want to know what's going to be "red hot"? : just wait till analog is outlawed in 2009. local pirate broadcasts are going to be what every intelligent curious entertainment goer is going to be watching. this country's population is already super-thirsting for unfiltered broadcast, and only satellite can deliver something remotely related to that. but even satellite can't deliver real unfiltered mystique as illegal local origination broadcast. the nonsensical Congressional ban on analog is only going to help that along very nicely.

    does this help anyone in investing? no. do i care? no. fact: young people don't watch network TV. the profit engine of advertising is falling in conjunction with that. you can bring up any Nielson stat you want, nothing is going to change the reality.

    broadcast TV has lost touch with people. finished.     Reply
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    gwconcord
    Jul 20 03:16 PM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    While I agree that the networks should try to fill their slots with creative, intelligent, original programming, the headline about the end of broadcast TV indicates the author does not know what he's talking about. Neilsen just reported that more Americans are watching TV than ever. Using NBC as the apparent main gauge for the downfall of TV, when they consistently have the fewest top rated shows is ridiculous. While cable TV may be taking a greater share of the television-viewing pie, all of the four networks' parent companies own cable TV networks. This doesn't sound like the end of broadcast TV to me. Reply
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    dixie
    Jul 20 01:23 PM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    The birth of TV had many great and upbeat family shows which were reflective of society of that era.

    The forerunner of Jerry Springer was Queen for a Day.

    As is so apparent the dumbing down of society has arrived with TV playing a leading role. Mickel98's above post scores a bulls eye. What America needs to be competitive in today's world market is not provided by NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, or FOX.

    At least we have TCM for entertainment!     Reply
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    Zigg
    Jul 20 10:42 AM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    been off tv for 6 months, and it feels great. [internet + netflix] = [entertainment - mind control] Reply
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    mickel98
    Jul 20 10:27 AM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    Good article. I like to call the medium "a vapid wasteland of unwatchable programs". In a world that is demanding higher and higher intelligence from its inhabitants, the last thing kids (or adults) should be doing is watching TV. I say, let it die. Reply
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    notsosmart
    Jul 20 10:20 AM
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    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    thanks for the computer.i watch less & less mindless idiotic tv. Reply
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    fatcat
    Jul 20 08:10 AM
    The End of Broadcast TV Nears [view article]
    Well written article and good food for thought.The baby boomers are all that keeps it alive. Welfare class are another source of viewership,that being the main reason for so many fastfood ads... Reply

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