The Olympics are almost here (tips and thoughts) ⇒
4 August 2004, early evening
How long before the old world media companies start taking advantage of what technology can do today? This link was found via Anil Dash.
This is a post from my link log: If you click the title of this post you will be taken the web page I am discussing.
Ram,
The short answer is never. The new medium takes them so far out of their comfort zone, they can’t fathom what is beneficial for them.
I am a sports nut (Cricket, Soccer, Tennis). Since leaving India, I have missed Cricket the most. And thanks to regional considerations, exclusive coverage, and other such junk, one cannot even find a decent audio feed, much less video footage of the matches around the world on the net.
This is something people actually would pay for, but somehow this is lost on all media companies involved in Cricket.
Matt’s ideas seem common sense to us, but fantastickal (sic) and downright dangerous to these “old media companies.”
by Sunny on August 5 2004, 4:31 am #