Cuban says Web as entertainment is over Web Posted: 03/26/2008 10:45 PM CDT William Pack Express-News Business Writer Dallas Mavericks owner and high-definition television network co-founder Mark Cuban was at his outspoken best Wednesday, telling a gathering of cable operators and programmers that the Internet was dying as an entertainment medium. "You guys have the future right here, and you just don't know it," Cuban said at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio hotel during a conference of the Texas branch of the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing. "The Internet is dead. It's had its time; say goodbye," said Cuban, who helped launched HDNet in 2001 and remains its chairman. He bolstered his claim by saying the Internet and popular sites such as YouTube can't provide high-definition programming like cable and can't offer the interactivity that cable programmers can. High-definition television screens are large enough to give viewers more options that will allow them to use the television like a personal computer desktop, the maverick billionaire said during a panel discussion on the future of high-definition programming. Executives from Time Warner Cable and Charter Communications outlined the steps they have taken to expand their high-definition programming. Confusion abounds over how high-definition features can be used, but that has not kept consumers from demanding the service at an explosive rate, officials said. "Our customers have an insatiable appetite for high definition, and we're working to provide more choice and value to our customers," said Cathy Fogler, Charter's general manager for video. Cuban said HD programming will become the norm in the next three years because the public is not "technology avoidant any more." "We get excited about it," he said. http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA032708.02E.cubanspeaks.1ac3.html
i look forward to him losing all his money on this venture and then bawwwing afterwards like the baby he is. Internet? dead? don't make me puke.
I still think the peak of the internet was in 2000-2001. There were so many free and diverse offerings back then. Now everything has a charge/fee. The only thing that has really changed for the better is the emergence of the blogs, torrents and social networking. Some of the best original HD programming online can be found for free at www.mojohd.com. I really enjoy most of the programs they offer.
truth. and websites. anyway he's wrong. youtube won't go under because they don't offer high def. they'll add it sometime down the road when everybody has hi def cam corder.
Its only dead for the casual internet user. All the "good stuff" is like in Chinese/jap site that is really hard to find and need "invite" and other BS. Considering my net usage was over 650+ gigs last month (with limit due to my HD being full)......its far from dead. I'm a hell lot more excited once my gay 1 year 3 mbits contract end, and switch back to my cable 10mbits. Just thinking about those blue ray 20+ gig rip have me salivating.....oh sweet jesus! All I can say its watching/playing something that is yet to be out in ANY retail store is sweeeeet. Nike 4TW!
What's Cuban smoking? I'm using my 46 inch high-def TV to browse the Internet as of now. HD does not obsolete Internet. Internet lives!!
Take away the internet and riots will break out from millions going through information/pron withdrawel.
Internet growth has essentially flattened out. It's not dead ...it is what it is and your not gonna get rich easily from it ...which is all he cares about. But if you can pioneer HD programming, there is still a lot of $$$ to be earned if you get ahead of the competition.
He is making the same mistake that Gates made, and that is that they assume people want all that stuff on their TVs, when in reality the vast majority of people do not want to be fighthing their kids for control of the living room TV. Instead they want seperate TV and computers. I mean if you kid is researching his/her paper on the internet and you want to watch the Rockets game....... Well you get the idea. And he is ignoring Web2.0...... DD
