SNS: Redesigning Television: Part I

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Redesigning Television:

Part I

 

 

 

In This Issue

 

 

Feature:

Redesigning Television:

Part I

 

The TV Ecosystem Today

Networks vs. Local Stations

The Hardware, and the Little Boxes

Content Is King

The Software

 

Quotes of the Week

 

Upgrades

 

Gene Patents

 

Takeout Window

 

The New TV Hardware

 

Ethermail

 

In Case You Missed It...

Members Making News

 

Upcoming SNS Events

& Media Links

 

In Other House News...

 

New Members' Welcome

How to Subscribe

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About SNS

About the Publisher

Where's Mark?

 

 

Book Selection:  China in Ten Words, by Yu Hua (Pantheon, 2011).

 

 

 

 

 

Redesigning Television

 

Although it isn't only about money, it really is all about the money. So let's start with the big number: last year, in the US alone, vendors spent $74B on television advertising.

 

OK, we got that out of the way.