Would you pay???

Blog Post #2 - 2015

Ads!  They can drive you nuts - pop ups on your computer, ads within your downloaded game, ads on Facebook, ads on Youtube - those darn ads are everywhere!

Of course there are measures out there to help keep those pesky ads at a minimum, software for your computers that can block those ads from appearing when you least want them.  But they don't always work, and if it is a game on your phone, then there isn't much you can do other than purchasing the full version game.

Well here is one thing you can do ... Youtube is releasing a subscription you can get, that will be totally and completely ad free!  Sounds too good to be true - maybe so, because this little feature will cost you $9.99 a month.

Read this article about Youtube's new launch.

So is this something that you would purchase just to eliminate those ads?  Is the price worth it?  Or do you feel that this is over-priced?   What about looking at this from the side of the advertisers?  It's their job to reach out to the people to sell their product - do you think that this will be a hit for advertisers who rely on this medium?  Or do you think they will be fine on their own?  Tell me what you think about an ad-free option for our digital outlets.

TV is DYING! ... or is it?

Blog Post #1 - 2015

Ahh the TV - for me the television and I have a love/hate relationship.  I love watching shows and I think it can be a great form of entertainment, but I hate how it takes up time as if you got sucked into a black hole!  I love being able to watch shows that I find interesting, I hate commercials, boy - I really hate commercials.  I love finding time as a family, sitting down together - watching some of our favourite shows, having a good laugh.  But I hate scheduling my life around the tv show schedule.

 ... You see, my relationship can probably be described as quite the oxymoron.

Since the introduction of wonderful inventions such as Netflix, Apple TV, Shomi, Crave TV, and of course Youtube, people are starting to 'watch' tv on their own terms.  So what does this mean for regular cable tv?  Is it really dying out?

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Some business insiders and entertainment promoters are predicting that TV may very well be dead in only ten short years!  I find this very interesting and something to ponder.  More and more families are opting out of cable packages these days - and instead are adding more GIGs to their internet plans at home.

Think about your own TV usage at home, or that of your family.  Observe over the next couple of days who watches the TV and who decides to get their entertainment from other vices.  What do you think will happen to the life of the TV - and cable networks?  Do you see an end on the way?