If you talk with folks who have big fiber-optic pipes coming to their homes (courtesy of ECFiber) the conversation often turns to what the future looks like for broadcast television delivery. Because of the speed advantage offered by ECFiber, using a Roku device to watch television over the Internet is pretty much a no-brainer. If you aren’t locked into watching real-time news and sports, then a Roku does what most everyone wants – at a price WAY LESS than what your local cable TV provider charges. But what if you do want real-time news and sports programming? Are you still locked into paying big bucks every month for your cable or satellite TV service? An interesting development this week signals a move we’ve been expecting for some time. News and information giant CNN has just launched a new streaming service called CNNx which gets you, for all we can tell, the same content as you’d see on cable or satellite TV. You can learn more about it by going to cnn/video/ and clicking on Watch CNN. If you have ECFiber service, you’ll be watching CNN in hi-def – probably not if you have DSL. Right now, CNN has “partnered” with several cable and satellite providers to bring you CNNx for free. We think that’s just a way for CNN to get paid (CNNx is effectively bundled with your cable and satellite service). But it’s probably just a matter of time before CNN breaks out and lets you subscribe to CNNx directly. Or maybe CNNx will be the next “channel” on your Roku device. Either way, you’ll have another reason to ditch your expensive cable TV service and move your “visual entertainment” to ECFiber ultra-fast Internet service. We think Malcolm Gladwell had it right when he wrote ““The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire.” Once CNN goes to the direct distribution model, we expect Disney to tip next, taking with them ABC and ESPN and a host of other channels. It seems like the day is fast approaching when your ECF fiber-optic Internet will plug directly into the back of your television.
Posted on: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:02:23 +0000
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