Originally Posted By Roger-Cheshire
It’s becoming difficult to remember when we last watched the TV.


I am in the media industry and I have spoken many times about the confluence of TV and the internet. The imaginary moment when a consumer wonders whether to plug his television into an aerial or the telecoms socket.

Broadcast and satellite TV is a heavily curated medium - which is great if you love your curator, the BBC or Sky or whoever. However the internet is far richer in content - but currently it's a bit wild west in terms of how it is ordered.

The future will be a wider choice of curators - smart, remote, editors (apps) that let you programme your content. This is available now, but it's still rather clunky.

I have to say that the BBC iPlayer is pretty good at some of this - yes, it's ultimately a BBC curation experience, but for me it works well for watching history and the arts (for example).

My television has honestly not been watched for over a year - I am exclusively online. My kids when they watch TV (which they do occasionally), do so in another room.


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