The obituary has already been sounded for newspapers, magazines, Free to Air TV and all manifestations of physical media. Now industry pundits are gleefully predicting the death of cable TV.
Speculation is rife that Apple and Google will go head-to-head to bring out a branded TV panel that has all the functionality of a PVR, an iPad-like interface and a cable box combined.
A major driver of this race is the US Communications Commission's announcement of
national broadband plan
which aims to give 90% of Americans broadband access at dramatically increased speeds.
Sounds like the NBN, only with a much better website.
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