The last 10 years the internet has grown at staggering rates and as such, other media forms have combined and utilized the Internets potential.
The music industry has a noticeable relationship with the internet in that Music sales have fallen drastically from CD's and shifted to downloads. "In the first six months of 2002, CD sales fell 11 percent - on top of a 3 percent decline the year before. Sales of blank CD's jumped 40 percent last year..." This shows that people are no longer buying as many CD's but instead are downloading music and burning that to their own personalized custom albums and mix CD's. Not all legally, which has resulted in some artists resenting the online relationship such as Metallica who in 2000 sued the online file sharing website for Handling and distributing stolen goods after they noticed themselves being shared illegally. Dr Dre also joined them after copyright infringement issues.
Radio is now a hybrid with the internet. DAB radios have broader signals and many more channels and stronger signals. The "radio" is now accessible on the net as well Radio 1 offer a live link on their website much like others and this can be streamed across the world. This results in a richer diversity in musical choice and exposure, however due to this saturation of choice people are starting to not buy CD's or even downloading as often because there is no need when you can have a constant stream of music over the internet and smart phones 24/7.
TV is also joining forces with the internet. TV catch up is now common place for most mainstream channels, ITV player, 4OD, BBC iPlayer and others enable viewers to go to the web to catch up on a program they missed. However with this comes saving and capturing of TV with internet applications. Apple TV sell a set-top-box which gives users the ability to chose from a wide selection of shows and films in a similar format to the catch up sites, however the cost of this ranges, and at an average $3 for each HD episode.
Google are now taking this to the next step with HD Internet TVs. A package that automatically enables you to stream all the previous points into your living room in one form. Their next generation even offers 3D capabilities. The limitless on-demand Tv is here.
The music industry has a noticeable relationship with the internet in that Music sales have fallen drastically from CD's and shifted to downloads. "In the first six months of 2002, CD sales fell 11 percent - on top of a 3 percent decline the year before. Sales of blank CD's jumped 40 percent last year..." This shows that people are no longer buying as many CD's but instead are downloading music and burning that to their own personalized custom albums and mix CD's. Not all legally, which has resulted in some artists resenting the online relationship such as Metallica who in 2000 sued the online file sharing website for Handling and distributing stolen goods after they noticed themselves being shared illegally. Dr Dre also joined them after copyright infringement issues.
Radio is now a hybrid with the internet. DAB radios have broader signals and many more channels and stronger signals. The "radio" is now accessible on the net as well Radio 1 offer a live link on their website much like others and this can be streamed across the world. This results in a richer diversity in musical choice and exposure, however due to this saturation of choice people are starting to not buy CD's or even downloading as often because there is no need when you can have a constant stream of music over the internet and smart phones 24/7.
TV is also joining forces with the internet. TV catch up is now common place for most mainstream channels, ITV player, 4OD, BBC iPlayer and others enable viewers to go to the web to catch up on a program they missed. However with this comes saving and capturing of TV with internet applications. Apple TV sell a set-top-box which gives users the ability to chose from a wide selection of shows and films in a similar format to the catch up sites, however the cost of this ranges, and at an average $3 for each HD episode.
Google are now taking this to the next step with HD Internet TVs. A package that automatically enables you to stream all the previous points into your living room in one form. Their next generation even offers 3D capabilities. The limitless on-demand Tv is here.
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