Steve Gillmor says that TV is dead - the first paragraph is in reference to high end teleconferencing systems:

That's what this is about, tricking time, teleporting yourself across the country. We all wish Doc could actually enjoy his new house instead of rocketing off to Berkman one week a month. I could imagine the Gillmor Gang using the TelePort room from time to time. Remember that the next OS/X enables recording of iSight cons. It's on the way.

Meanwhile TV is dead. The kids still argue over carving out enough time to watch Heroes, the only consensus family show left alive.

Hmm. I think he has that very, very wrong. We have two ReplayTV devices, and a MediaCenter PC. They enable us to watch more of what we actually want to watch - the network cross programming games simply don't faze us anymore. There are plenty of great things on TV to watch, if you are so inclined. Battlestar Galactica, Dr. Who, Heroes - tons of interesting things across the history, science, and discovery channels. My wife and daughter love the medical shows, for instance.

What's dying is the traditional advertising model. Time shifting and the 30 second skip are wreaking havoc there, and the business is in flux as a result. It's not going to go away though, and the sheer spread of niche programming - both on the net and on cable - has made the space more interesting, not less.

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