http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/08/21/the-internet-is-television/ Top Technology news Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:40:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/08/21/the-internet-is-television/comment-page-1/#comment-30144 joe football Thu, 13 Sep 2007 05:58:37 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2007/08/21/the-internet-is-television/#comment-30144 The internet is going severly damage the market for live event pay-per-view inside of 5 years, and it's a certainty within 10. Check out any forum for wrestling, boxing or MMA around a major event and you'll find plenty of people trying to find that sopcast stream. The same goes for more mainstream sports - if you're willing to deal with the shitty quality you can get Sunday Ticket for free - but it's not as critical there as they're not based entirely around the PPV model. At the moment, this isn't too signifigant because the only people who would be willing to put up with the hassle and degraded quality are cheapskates , poor people and technophiles, who aren't the most desirable entertainment demographic. As things continue to improve, though, it's going to become pretty hard to justify blowing $50 on a PPV or $200+ on a sports package when so many others are leeching at at least acceptable quality The internet is going severly damage the market for live event pay-per-view inside of 5 years, and it’s a certainty within 10. Check out any forum for wrestling, boxing or MMA around a major event and you’ll find plenty of people trying to find that sopcast stream. The same goes for more mainstream sports – if you’re willing to deal with the shitty quality you can get Sunday Ticket for free – but it’s not as critical there as they’re not based entirely around the PPV model. At the moment, this isn’t too signifigant because the only people who would be willing to put up with the hassle and degraded quality are cheapskates , poor people and technophiles, who aren’t the most desirable entertainment demographic. As things continue to improve, though, it’s going to become pretty hard to justify blowing $50 on a PPV or $200+ on a sports package when so many others are leeching at at least acceptable quality

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