At a conference dedicated to Internet TV, Google’s head of TV technology warned that broadcast TV is dying. Vincent Bureau then softened the attack. “On the surface, television as we know it looks dead. But the future of television is actually pretty bright,” said Bureau according to The Register. Google goes on to say that audience fragmentation is good, ad skipping is a “Godsend”, and new on-air talent should be culled from the Web. The last line of this tongue-in-cheek article is pretty funny:
“To sum up, the web’s biggest name thinks the web can help television. Go figure.”
If you get a chance, it’s a good read. If anyone can find a transcript of the actual speech, let us know in comments.
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