Television – an industry in transition

The movie and TV broadcast industries are on the brink of chaos. Media ownership and live broadcast models are slowly disappearing.

Streaming and renting content has become a more convenient model for users who now have sufficient internet speeds, disposable income, and no longer want shelves full of physical media, or have the time to wait around for the program they want to be aired. The internet has broken down all communication and delivery barriers, making everything instant—and this is now the expectation consumers have for televisual content.

The article aggregates relevant perspectives on this industry shift, including:

"Why people pirate and what needs to change to stop it" by Craig Grannell on his blog Revert to Saved

"Why The Movie Industry Can't Innovate and the Result is SOPA" by Steve Blank

The author invites readers to contribute additional perspectives in the comments.

Update (30/05/2012):

The article references a talk by Fred Wilson at paidContent 2012, where he brilliantly lays out where the problems currently lie in the availability of content and the barrier consumers face.