After a short and spectacular run, the reign of the DVD is coming to an end, though. Global DVD sales dropped nine percent in 2009, for example.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Online Video is Killing the DVD Business, Not Cable TV
The DVD industry rose to a breathtaking level nearly as fast as any entertainment medium in history. The basic technology for the product was created in the early 1990s. DVDs were not available in the US until 1998, but it only took another five years for them to outsell VHS products.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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