TV vs. The Web

versus

fri 10/2/2009

 
A collage of a black HDTV and a white Apple iMac.
medium Television. World Wide Web.
also known as TV. The web.
created in 1927. 1989.
created by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. Tim Berners-Lee.
regulated by the FCC. ICANN.
hours spent with per week (U.S.) Thirteen. Twelve.
average cost $40.11 for cable TV. $39 a month for broadband internet.
average age of viewer and user 50 years old. 37 years old.
not as fun without a Remote control. Keyboard and mouse.
average number of choices 118.6 TV channels (U.S.) 231.5 million web sites.
biggest new feature HDTV. Mobile web.
next big thing 3D. Artificial intelligence.
porn Pay-per-view cable porn generates $128 million a year. Online porn generates $1 billion a year.
side-effects Epileptic seizures. Computer viruses.
most viewed Over 73 million people watched The Beatles' American debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Over 127 million people have watched The Evolution of Dance on YouTube.
fiending TV addiction. Internet addiction disorder.
piracy Stealing cable. Filesharing.
music box MTV, VH1, BET, mun2. Pandora, Last FM, MySpace, YouTube.
music industry Boon for sales. Bane for sales.
most popular to date NBC sitcom Seinfeld. Yahoo.com.
crossover Lazy Sunday: The Chronicles of Narnia Rap started on TV but blew up on the Web. TMZ started on the Web before blowing up on TV.
shopping Home Shopping Network and QVC. Amazon and eBay.
for solving problems Call-in and talk shows. Google.
watch people do dumb s*** on Reality shows. Social networks.
recent sex scandals Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during a Super Halftime Show. Teen actress Vanessa Hudgens is topless in leaked photos.
annoying advertising Commercials that are louder than the TV show you are watching. Smileys, creepy laughs and "congratulations you won' banner ads.

(images by William Hook and Silvio Tanaka via flickr)

 
 

the way you make me feel

daily dos

sat 6/27/2009

 

News of Michael Jackson's death almost broke the Internet.

 
 

inutil-ize it

daily dos

fri 4/17/2009

 

After complaints from consumers, Time Warner Cable Internet has axed its plans to use "metered billing," which charges Internet customers based how much bandwidth they use. AT&T and Comcast are both testing similar versions of metered billing.

 
 

fun in the sun

daily dos

wed 4/8/2009

 

After a brief lull, spam is back. Microsoft reports that over 97 percent of e-mails are spam, including unsolicited advertising, malicious attachments and links to phising sites.

 
 

lessen learned

daily dos

thu 1/22/2009

 

Need to tell your significant other you have an STD? Say it with an e-card.

 
 

la pirateria

daily dos

mon 1/5/2009

 

The U.K.'s Independent profiles the "Internet's most popular and enduring pirate," aXXo, who has posted an estimated 1,000 pirated movies on the web.

 
 

choose your difficulty

daily dos

tue 12/16/2008

 

One out of every two women would give up sex for two weeks instead of giving up their Internet access, according to a survey commissioned by Intel. Only three out of 10 men would do the same.

 
 

skin is in

daily dos

thu 12/11/2008

 

One in five teenagers say they've sent semi-naked or naked pics over Internet and cell phones to "flirt."

 
 

angels and demons

daily dos

fri 11/14/2008

 

A U.S. web hosting company allegedly responsible for 75 percent of junk e-mail around the world has been shut down by a Washington Post blogger. (via Slashdot)

 
 

damn, yankee

daily dos

thu 10/23/2008

 

How not to get scammed on the Internet, by Internet scammers. (via Metafilter)

 
 
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