TV vs. The Web

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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.