Thats what I'm picturing as well Charlatan, essentially turn on your tv, upcomes a menu with all the channels you've subscribed and additional menus for movies and other contents. You pay a certain monthly fee to select the movies, channels and maybe sporting events you want and when something new comes along it just appears in the menu.
Personally I think the concept of tv stations is getting a little old fashioned anyway. Look at the music world for example with the advent of mp3s and stores like itunes the way music is sold, distributed, advertised and even recorded has changed to adapt to a newer market place...to think we soon may see a world were record labels no longer exist. I see television stations having to adapt in a similar manner, the industry will have to revamp and adapt to the new system or fall by the wayside.
I mentioned the Netflix streaming subscription above and I really like the concept of being able to watch any film when I feel like it. Whenever there is a movie I want to see, no matter how old or obscure I always check to see if I can get it streamed before I go anywhere else. For now the selection is very limited and more often then not you wont find the movie you're looking, but maybe as the money and tech go in that direction the more movies will be available for that kind of service.
Pretty cool discussion I'm enjoying it.
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