Thursday, April 3, 2003

Cringley on Future of TV Cringely, as always, writes some poignant thoughts on the future of TV: NerdTV, which will begin as a weekly program and accelerate from there, requires a total of only three people to create each program, making it probably the cheapest network show in the history of television. Extend this model to other types of programming -- drama and comedy, for example -- and suddenly Internet distribution will enable 10,000 would-be Spielbergs to make and distribute their movies, some of which will be pretty darned good.  The key here is not just the technology, but getting away from the idea that you have to fill a cable channel to make beautiful TV.  Rather than replacing traditional TV, the Internet will become TV's minor league, and the best shows will be eventually moved up to the majors. Ah, the dream lives on in others... 1:59:17 PM