Internet Will Change Television http://www.tviki.com/... The Internet as we know it has changed so many things about our daily lives. Most people
can't remember a time before computers, when communication was done only by letter or phone,
when people had to go outside their house or travel long distances to meet people from other
states and countries. Not only has it changed these things, it is set to change many more
things about our daily lives.
Television is one of the things that the Internet has begun to change, and there is no end
in sight to the amount of changes it will make. First, there were TV listings on the
Internet, similar to what you would have only seen in your weekly television guide. Then
came the ability to watch what was on your TV on your computer screen instead of using a
special media card and software.
Now, the Internet allows you to watch more than just the channels you can get out of your
particular television. With websites like TViki, you can view programming from channels
around the world. Immigrants from other countries can now watch programming in their native
tongue, on channels they can't get in their new countries, all through the Internet. There
are even optional subtitles on some programming, making it easy to understand what is going
on even if you don't know the language.
With the advent of Internet streaming television like that on TViki, gateways into other
countries' cultures and programming are now there to be explored through the powerful medium
of Internet television.
