Is Tv All About Apps?

Do I truly believe that cable is coming to its ends or will even exist within the next few years? That’s a very good question. Just as every other aspect in our lives and the things we utilize daily; there are major improvements, upgrades and more and more things to make us quote on quote lazier but in my opinion it just became more convenient and also considerate to our pockets. For example, cable is very expensive and with being Americans and living in the state of New York, you’d be lucky if you had the chance to sit down and actually watch TV on your own time with no interruptions, that is almost impossible now. In “The Future Of TV Is Here. Can Cable Survive?” article Greg Satell states “Every major manufacturer now offers “smart TV’s” that can access the Internet directly and a host of streaming devices, such as Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV, just to name a few, transform any set into what’s effectively a very large tablet computer.” Now this is where apps come in, you missed the latest episode of a show like Empire because you had to work late or you’re coming home late from school? No problem, the next day on your way to any of these places all you have to do is open up the Hulu Plus app or any other convenient app that you subscribe to and watch the latest episode right off your smartphone, tablet or iPad. But even if you don’t have your own streaming subscription, one of your generous friends does and normally they have no issues in giving you their account information so you can watch your favorite movies or shows. So maybe I’m leaning more on the yes TV will eventually be all about apps but I do believe cable subscriptions will still exist, why? Well because when it comes to TV networks such as BET, VH1 or even MTV, you can no longer go on their website to watch a show for free without having a cable subscription that has a package that includes these networks. So I have no sympathy for cable services losing their customers to streaming network apps because for one major reason they’re way cheaper than cable packages! Moreover, clearly cable companies have some sort of business agreement with these TV stations if we can watch a show on their site without a cable subscription. So Hulu, Amazon Fire, Netflix etc. is clearly the way to go.