This weekends International match will be shown exclusively via the internet and not any television channels, subject to a pay per view charge. Apparantly it has caused uproar amongst fans who like to watch either at home or in a pub. Not being a fan of the beautifull game, it doesn't affect me. But surely this is the furture. Television on demand, for a fee, via the web.
Imagine, the concert you couldn't get a ticket to being streamed live, for a fee to your home. It could be fabulous for all those things that we don't get a chance to see. Watching the reaction on the news fans were moaning that its not practical to sit around a computer screeen for the duration of a game. Funny I am sure it didn't stop you when you were viewing porn?
I wonder if one day movies might be released simultaniously in the theatres as well as broadcast on television? We rarely go to the movies anymore. Not because we don't want to see what's on, but because the thought of sharing the theatre with people chatting, cell phoness and disrespectful people means sometimes its not an enjoyable experience and something you prefer to do at home. Well see what happens in time. I have read in a magazine that by 2012 bandwith demand will outstrip supply. That's the funny thing about the furture, you just can't predict it.
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