If you gave or got a TV set, game console, Blu-ray player or DVR for the holidays, you might become the kind of person who scares executives who run movie and television production studios, broadcast
and cable channels, and cable and satellite systems. What media moguls fear: 2011 could become the year when more people watch Web TV content from sources including Netflix, iTunes, YouTube, Amazon,
Vudu, Hulu Plus and Crackle - and trim or even cancel their monthly TV subscriptions for cable, satellite or phone company TV service.
There's still wide disagreement over how many
people will take to Web TV, and how quickly they'll do so. Research firm SNL Kagan estimates that 16.5 million homes have a Web TV device and 2% use it to watch Hollywood TV shows and movies.
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"Web Changing TV Viewing" - think so? Hmmm...maybe this internet thing will catch on...