For Bravo, One Screen Isn't Enough, Networks are encouraging TV viewers to go online simultaneously...
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_46/b4203043899285.htm
As if the dual screener phenomenon during sports tournaments wasn't big enough, now its becoming even bigger. The Media wants to control us everywhere, even when we're vegetating while watching some dumb show, it's not enough that we're watching - the media networks feel that any moment that we're not engaged with that specific channel we're engaged with a competitive one...what's next? HBO accusing me of having an extra-channel affair with NBC? PJ
it's interesting that we have all this smart technology to make this possible. Unfortunately the quality of content needs some more attention.
ReplyDeleteI am not in fact concerned so much about quality of content as I am about being hounded by applications that seduce us to stay interconnected with all our actions. PJ
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