{"id":1134,"date":"2006-12-19T07:17:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-19T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2017-01-25T19:40:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T00:40:47","slug":"the-future-of-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=1134","title":{"rendered":"The future of TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interesting that the CRTC released its report on the future of broadcasting<\/a> the same week that The Venice Project went live. The Venice Project<\/a> hopes to disrupt TV viewing the same way its founders disrupted telephony with Skype.<\/p>\n

My initial impression is that there is lots of Canadian content available – maybe the menu is tailored to my registered location (?) – including a variety of Much Music on Demand and other music videos. However, a lot of the content was old – programming from 2004 and old Wakestock features.<\/p>\n

You can watch a single channel and play the various content in a continuous stream or go to a menu and switch programs on demand. 1-2 second splash ads at the end of programs, so far just 3 brands seem to be showing up in rotation.<\/p>\n

The content appears more geared to my college age kids, rather than me – duhhh. But I can handle the Poker World Tour and at least some of the music videos and interviews. It’s still early.<\/p>\n

Over the weekend, AP’s Bruce Meyerson wrote<\/a> “the long-awaited rollout of advanced TV services based on Internet technologies has resembled the drip of a faucet.” I’d like to suggest that The Venice Project provides a window into the potential for these advanced internet-based TV services.<\/p>\n

But there are lots of questions:<\/p>\n