I have recently been pondering how come, with things like telephony heading down the internet, TV isn't? Just imagine, going to a menu and deciding to watch Babylon 5, or Friends repeats or News [and deciding what reports you watch, and when] ... just when you are ready. It's clear the tech is there. Interesting too that ten years ago Nicholas Negroponte was saying this and people were saying 'Okay wheres is this happening?' It now seems clear that the infrastructural issues were bigger that we suspected. Anyway this Wired article explores the issue a bit. What we need to note is that it is a further pressure towards personalisation and 'just for me' culture. It also akes interesting possibilities for ministry. Turn up for a visit about a Christening enquiry and pull down the preparation video and materials on the family's own IPTV ...
Wired 12.12: START
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I've been watching the TV series 'Foundation'. I read the books about 50 years ago (I know!) but scarcely now remember anything...
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I've just had an article published on emergingchurch.info. It's an adaptation of some of my book, but I thought I'd share it and...
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There are several was to watch tv via the internet nowadays. In fact the bigger cable companies will soon be using the Internet to deliver tv as well. Check out several software on line related to iptv solutions.
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