Right now is a weird time for television/film. We are in a transitionary period in which there are many people hanging onto cable cords, spending hundreds or thousands more than they should for television per year, and those who are streaming (legally and illegally) paying very little and lacking access to as much content. The issue right now lays within the television/film industry, and how they will continue to remain profitable (this has little to do with huge studios and more with the artists) and cater to the general public in an age where many people don’t want to pay for anything intangible. After all, television and film are embedded into our society;the major corporations who supply us with a majority of this content are responsible to please us.
Clearly, cable is a ripoff and does not include much of the amazing back catalogue provided by streaming services and network-specific apps like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and HBO GO. However, the operating systems that carry these apps are not user friendly. As WIRED points out, users of SMART devices “shouldn’t have to know whether [a show] is carried by a USA, CBS or HBO app.” There needs to be a greater centralization of networks, shows and films on smart devices. One exception that comes to mind is the new Apple TV, which has Siri built in and can search across the iTunes Store and App Store apps for any show, movie, actor or genre Siri can recognize from your voice.
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