A CO-CREATOR OF THE television hit Lost wrote an op/ed in today's New York Times. He says that television is dying.
The culprit? Video on demand, specifically TiVo, says Damon Lindelof. (I love it when people make me sound like I know what I'm talking about ... like when Sweeney mentioned that Craigslist is killing newspapers).
"It (TiVo) enables you to ignore the commercials that keep the whole system running," Lindelof writes. "Twenty percent of American homes now contain hard drives that store movies and television shows indefinitely and allows you to fast-forward through commercials. These devices will probably proliferate at a significant rate and soon, almost everyone will have them."
The writer is on strike with other members of the Writers Guild of America, the people behind the lines your favorite actors recite.
And one of the major issues in the strike is whether the writers will make any money from programs broadcast via video on demand and over the Internet.
The Internet is changing everything. The way television generates money is changing. What impact will this have on you and the future of communicating?
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