Since the 1950’s the television set has been a staple in every American family’s living room. They gathered around to watch the moon landing, nightly newscasts, Saturday Night Live, the Superbowl, presidential debates, and to find out the winner of American Idol. TV has a long history of impacting our culture and society, but what it once was is slowly dissolving and transforming into something new. We now live in the age of Netflix, binge watching, and being able to carry a TV with us at all times on our smart phones. The TV revolution will change what we’re used to through services, technologies, and advertising. Cable and satellite services are bound to die thanks to the internet. The rise of wireless internet has introduced us to streaming. Before we were limited to only cable company's content and schedules and to only watch TV with cable boxes. The reason why cabe has reigned supreme is because cable companies feel that they’re able to provide hundreds of channels and live experiences. While cable service providers may be able to provide us with tons of channels, the fact is most people won’t watch all those channels but instead want channels fine tuned to their personal tastes and interests. It makes more sense for people to pay for what they want and will watch. Now we’re able to download different apps with different content and make our own personalized TV experience.
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For example, Netflix has been leading this revolution with their online accessible library that features beloved movies and TV shows along with their own original content. By downloading Netflix you are able to pick what you want to watch and when, and after that Netflix figures out what you’re interested in and personalizes your home page to your tastes. In a pre Netflix world the cable companies made up the schedule and formula and we showed up went with it, now it’s the opposite. We decide the content and how and when we watch it. We, the viewers, are in charge of TV now. With this new format of TV blowing up and becoming more convenient and preferred for viewers it makes sense that the cable services will eventually die out. People can hardly wait a week to watch their shows and instead want it all now and to watch it at their own pace. Audiences don’t want to follow traditional TV rules anymore. More and more people are adapting to the internet age of TV. Networks like ABC and NBC have made apps and are embracing the age of streaming. Big movie channels like HBO have their own HBO Go app and HBO Now app, which allows people to watch their content with or without a cable service provider. Twitter and Youtube are embracing their live feeds by broadcasting events like the presidential debates and creating areas for communication with people across the country. Cable will die out because we’re already able to live stream big events and have access to specific channels we would fear we would lose out on without paying these companies. On top of it, the streaming fees are much cheaper than the cable packages. Cable companies have nothing special about them to stand out and stay alive. The transformation has already started and it will only be a matter of time when cable boxes and dishes are a thing of the past. Along with traditional TV services, the technology we use to enjoy our entertainment will be different. TVs aren’t just TVs anymore. They’re smart TVs, 3D TVs, and they’re mobile. The technology being developed for TVs will change what television is about. Instead of being used for one primary need, instead it will connect multiple media outlets together. Our phones and computers can be TVs now, and they can all connect and intertwine within each other to make sure we’re never missing out. Instead of having to be at home to watch your favorite TV shows you’re now able to stream it while out and about to make sure you never miss a moment. Or you can just watch on your phone because you’re simply too lazy to get up and watch in the living room. TVs are portable and interactive now.
For example, Netflix has been leading this revolution with their online accessible library that features beloved movies and TV shows along with their own original content. By downloading Netflix you are able to pick what you want to watch and when, and after that Netflix figures out what you’re interested in and personalizes your home page to your tastes. In a pre Netflix world the cable companies made up the schedule and formula and we showed up went with it, now it’s the opposite. We decide the content and how and when we watch it. We, the viewers, are in charge of TV now. With this new format of TV blowing up and becoming more convenient and preferred for viewers it makes sense that the cable services will eventually die out. People can hardly wait a week to watch their shows and instead want it all now and to watch it at their own pace. Audiences don’t want to follow traditional TV rules anymore. More and more people are adapting to the internet age of TV. Networks like ABC and NBC have made apps and are embracing the age of streaming. Big movie channels like HBO have their own HBO Go app and HBO Now app, which allows people to watch their content with or without a cable service provider. Twitter and Youtube are embracing their live feeds by broadcasting events like the presidential debates and creating areas for communication with people across the country. Cable will die out because we’re already able to live stream big events and have access to specific channels we would fear we would lose out on without paying these companies. On top of it, the streaming fees are much cheaper than the cable packages. Cable companies have nothing special about them to stand out and stay alive. The transformation has already started and it will only be a matter of time when cable boxes and dishes are a thing of the past. Along with traditional TV services, the technology we use to enjoy our entertainment will be different. TVs aren’t just TVs anymore. They’re smart TVs, 3D TVs, and they’re mobile. The technology being developed for TVs will change what television is about. Instead of being used for one primary need, instead it will connect multiple media outlets together. Our phones and computers can be TVs now, and they can all connect and intertwine within each other to make sure we’re never missing out. Instead of having to be at home to watch your favorite TV shows you’re now able to stream it while out and about to make sure you never miss a moment. Or you can just watch on your phone because you’re simply too lazy to get up and watch in the living room. TVs are portable and interactive now.