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The TV Is No Longer a TV

Chris Koch

I am in the vanguard of cord cutters, a small but growing group of cable TV subscribers who have decided to ditch the cable box in favor of a variety of geeky devices that serve up entertainment through an internet connection. Between 2008 and 2013, 5 million (or 5%) of US cable subscribers cut the cord, with 1.3% In the U.S.,

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The First-Mover Advantage, Explained

Hubspot

And patents and copyrights can ensure certain of these advantages are untouchable by future competitors. After WWII, Frosted Flakes, Tony the Tiger, and television advertising further cemented their status as the favorite cereal brand. cable provider DVR and streaming services, Netflix, Facebook, and Google).

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A Shortish History of Online Video

Vidyard

Television changed that. Many wrote TV off as a fad, but soon, nearly every home in North America had a television: rabbit-ears pointed in all directions, picking up everything from news broadcasts to sporting events. On-demand television was an exciting idea as early as the 1970s. The Short But Exciting Rise of Flash.

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All your best content may now be considered fake news

Biznology

If I were conspiratorial, I might fancy this as an aggressive hearts-and-minds land-grab by the mainstream media to sell more papers and cable subscriptions, and to train us that nothing but traditional mainstream media can be trusted (and in a post Smith-Mundt Act world , who can we trust?). The real bloodbath started in 2009.

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