With todays launch of
Hulu open to the public and recent additions to Apples iTunes store carrying movie rentals, how far are we away from primarily receiving our TV shows and movies via the internet? According to some of the top Hollywood studio executives, we are not close at all.
At a recent Content Delivery and Storage Association conference, a few people spoke out about this. The vice president of content development for Fox, Sven Davidson, stated "Demand for downloading is very small and the satisfaction is smaller." Benn Carr, the vice president of new technology for Disney, said "I don’t think we have to be worried about the replacement of physical media for some time, [...] Downloading sales are not going to ‘hockey-stick’ soon. Every time I access a site and download, it’s not necessarily seamless". They also say that hi-def movies can take several hours to download.
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