Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, I think it is great. That high school football you don?t care about may be of great interest to an admittedly small audience. The fact that the technology and the economics of today make it feasible to serve this small audience is a good thing. As I write this, I am watching Danish TV on the iPad on my desk, probably one of less than 10 people in Alicante who wants to watch this particular show, a geeky current affairs analysis programme. Just 10 years ago I would have to jump through endless hoops to access this content, now I just bring up the Danish TV app and away I go. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > On 11 Jan 2020, at 20:13, Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > > I was peripherally involved in the Cable business, and especially in the > area of how many channels is enough...... > When Digital TV became available, the thought was to have a gazillion > channels always playing. > The question of WHAT those channels were (Programming hours) was put on the > back burner, as it was not marketing positive...... > After all, how many people want to see reruns of Bonanza 24/7/365? Little > Rascals? etc. > > A channel to show trains moving by a fixed camera is a good example of > using BW because it is there..... > > I am NOT knocking your enjoyment of this, only the concept that ANYTHING > and EVERYTHING is interesting.......to EVERYONE so why not offer it..... > > As I sit in Kauai, looking at our local programming, there are 2500 > channels.........A lot of which are high school girls soccer, boys > football, College basketball, ETC. > This is progress????? > > Frank FIlippone > BMWRed735i at gmail.com > > > > Frank Filippone > BMWRed735i at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information