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To Understand Smart TV, Follow the Money-July 8, 2014 |
Even before the smartphone first debuted, television began evolving. First the PC breached the walled garden enclaves of cable TV by allowing users to view content via the Internet previously only accessible by a cable TV box or over-the-air TV broadcast. The breach grew larger when smartphones and tablets provided the same Internet viewing capability.
Today, content being supplied anywhere, anytime, and on any device represents a disruption in distribution of all forms of media -- video, audio, images, and text -- brought on by wired and wireless Internet broadband. The best hope of understanding the trajectory and velocity of this disruption is to follow the money. Where are investors putting their dollars?