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So current scuttlebutt is that the Writer’s Stirke is almost over, but it seems hard to think that TV will ever be the same. There’s just too much competition out there, and even this relatively short strike may have permanently lost some TV viewership (to the web, ironically enough). And then I saw that TiVo is doing this.

Veracifier is a vodcast designed for the internet, but available as a subscription on your TiVo. That makes it a bit like having AppleTV, but without those pesky networks in the way. The second TiVo, or any competing service, can grab all the content you want, and maybe make additional recs and let you surf a little, what exactly is the point of having networks at all? From a consumer standpoint its just a bunch of hassle - commericals, shows I dont want to watch, and the shows I do want to watch only on at specific times. For sudios and production companies, its somebody else making money off my product. To be fair, the Net is also sharing some (most) of the risk, and they may convince content creators to stick around for a while.

Give it 10 years, maybe less, and the big TV Networks could look like outdated middlemen. If they don’t want to end up like the record industry, fighting a losing battle against the unstoppable tide of technological progress, they really need to shape up. or start buying shares of TiVo.