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Category: Sciences
Tags: iPod moment, TV, internet, iPod, Vint Cerf
Background information: http://www.guardian.co.uk
Notes: Information on Dr. Vint Cerf, (currently Google's vice president) who is commonly referred as one of the "founding fathers of the internet": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinton_Cerf
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TV is approaching its “iPod moment” (Dr. Vint Cerf)  
  • but: MP3-type players are too small to show TV properly  +64.52%

    • but: handheld screens are much closer to the eyes than TV  

    • but: a small screen is better than no screen  

  • but: iPods are not suitable for video  +56.45%

    • because: you can't walk or jog and watch a video at the same time  +56.45%

    • but: you can watch iPod video when you don't have to walk; e.g. on the bus  

  • because: TV is on the verge of a new revolution, facing a challenge similar to that faced by the music industry with the launch of MP3 players  +43.55%

    • because: the development and influence of the internet is radically altering the TV industry  +48.39%

      • because: internet allows TV programme to mix different information together  

        • because: as Vint Cerf suggested, "imagine if you could pause a TV programme and use your mouse to click on different items on the screen and find out more about them."  

          • but: pausing and clicking would annoy other people watching with you  

      • because: in Japan people can already download an hour's worth of video in 16 seconds  

        • but: people living in rural areas often cannot get broadband, and so cannot watch internet TV  

      • because: the popularity of websites such as YouTube has encouraged many in the TV industry to try and use the internet more profitably  

        • but: YouTube is only profitable because it advertises on other people's content  

    • but: it is impossible to prove that TV is on the verge of a new revolution until the revolution happens  

    • because: TV is going to be almost like the iPod, where anyone connected to the internet can download content to look at later  

      • but: increase in video on the web will eventually bring down the internet  

        • because: millions of people downloading at the same time using services such as iPlayer could overwhelm the network  

          • but: we are far from exhausting the capacity of the internet  

            • because: internet technology is developing rapidly and will keep on developing in a much faster pace  

              • because: experts had predicted 20 yrs ago that the net would collapse when people started using it en masse, but in the intervening 30 yrs it's increased a million over  

      • but: broadcast TV is irreplaceable  

        • because: we still need live television for may things, for examples, news, sporting events and emergencies  

          • but: live events can be broadcast on the internet  

      • because: there are increasing new services provided by TV companies employing internet technologies and features  

        • because: BBC has launched its iPlayer portal, allowing users to download their favourite shows free of charge and watch them back at any point throughout a 30-day period  

        • because: for example, digital video recorders such as Sky Plus and Freeview Playback allow viewers to instantly pause and record live television  

      • because: 85% of all video we watch is pre-recorded, so technically speaking it is feasible that we can simply set our system to download it all the time  

      • because: this new way of watching TV is more preferable than the traditional way offered by broadcast TV  

        • because: comparing to broadcast TV, internet TV allows more freedom for audiences  

          • because: with internet TV, audiences can download the programmes and watch them anytime later, while with broadcast TV, they are tied to the schedule of the TV companies  

            • but: video recorders have been available for a long time and have not changed broadcast TV  

  • but: limited effect: "The arrival of internet television has long been predicted, although it has succeeded in limited ways so far" (www.guardian.co.uk) 

    • but: the situation is now different, because youTube has shown how to do internet video  

  • but: some countries (e.g. the UK) already have interactive TV, but it is not popular  

    • but: irrelevant: iPods are not interactive, because they are not computers or game consoles  

  • because: Cerf only means that you can "download content to look at later" (www.guardian.co.uk) 

    • but: this is not a revolution, video recorders have been available for a long time that download content for later viewing  


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