It surprises me when someone says they still watch TV! I say to myself, TV?!, why do you still watch that?! I guess you don’t know about Netflix, Hulu or YouTube yet?
In today’s world a lot of people especially millennial’s, those 90’s kids, don’t watch traditional TV let alone gravitate to a TV Guide at their house if they even have a TV. Most who I’ve talked to say they get all their entertainment online or on mobile. Just like myself, I tend to watch my entire programming, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Original TV on Netflix like Hemlock Grove or shows on Hulu like History Channel’s Ancient Aliens or Reno 911 all online.
Access and inexpensive technology is the new TV channel! Do you have a smart phone? A tablet like the iPad? You’d better! Because even if you have a flat-screen TV in your living room or kitchen (my favorite room of the house btw) more and more programmers, producers and businesses are moving away from the traditional (old school)… There is a possibility for a lot more because technology has become a great equalizer in the entertainment industry. Creative tools that were once too expensive for most have become 
accessible to most everyone with T-Mobile or AT&T!
Today with this new tech you have instant access without annoying commercials ! It’s your choice, just like mine when I’m logged into Hulu.com, to which commercials you don’t want to watch. Click that little x and start watching your favorite show without interruption. It’s so simple, I move the new window from my browser to my Emerson 32” flat-screen that’s connected to my computer and just sit back and enjoy. Of course I still have cable, but that’s just a provider, my access to the internet world for only $40.00 a month.
The Social Factor! When I was a kid nearly all of my interaction with other people consisted of a phone call or picnic with family (and having to put up with them LOL). But with Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram and all the others you can interact with what you watch. Leave a comment, like or dislike with that little thumb. The power to the people in a massive way! Just like Sarah Sliverman and Ricky Gervais who have found the power of social networks to reach the masses. Unlike traditional TV celbs can create quality webisodes, amass a following of fans almost in an instant. With one search on Google (or YouTube, now the same thing) people can find their favorite video/channel to view. And anyone can create a eTV/online show with little or no money, just get a cheap video camera, or cell phone, and record! Anything!!
So I truly believe that future entertainment tech will give us much more access for ever more creative filmmakers and eTV producers because the TV screen is slowly fading away…
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