How The Internet Has Changed TV

The internet has changed many many things with the rising speeds of broadband allowing for things that require more and more bandwidth usage Internet streaming of TV and Films is the next big thing that the internet has come to change.

The first thing that most people will think about when asked about Internet streaming of media will inevitably be either Netflix or Lovefilm, with these two companies being at the forefront of the internet streaming market allowing people to watch both TV and Films from a wide variety of devices such as game consoles and mobile devices from a monthly subscription, but only one of these companies is attempting to radically change the way in which TV is being viewed by the general public. I am talking here about Netflix and its newest TV series to be shown "House Of Cards", a political drama which has been produced and funded by Netflix itself to secure the exclusive rights to show the series on its streaming platform.

Netflix gave $100,000,000 to fund the shows production but this is not the odd thing about this series as this has been done by Netflix many times before with series such as Arrested Development, what is odd is the way in which Netflix is releasing the show as they have made all 13 Episodes from Series 1 available to the subscribers of Netflix from Day One. This is a major change to the normal way in which TV series are shown, usually on a one episode a week schedule creating what feels like an event that can be planed each week, but with this new experiment of releasing all episodes at once people have been allowed to watch the whole series from the get go if they so choose. Many people ave said that this could be a very good idea, allowing people who are subscribers of Netflix to watch the whole series of House Of Cards whenever it is convenient for them without having to worry about missing a single episode and then having to catch up which from the figures released just two weeks after the debut saying that House of Cards is the most watched show on Netflix shows that something must be working with the newest model from Netflix, but on the other hand many other people are saying that this is completely the opposite of what TV has been evolving into which is an all new interactive media in which people can tune into the show while either tweeting or posting on facebook live updates about the show which in turn allows others to join in on the conversation, this has been dubbed by many people as the technological water cooler discussion allowing people to have up to date conversations about the newest tv shows.