PC’s Meet TV

1. PC’s Meet TV Cara Paganini, Meghan Johnson, Chris Blake, James Janda

2. Agenda • History of TVs and PCs • PCs Meet TVs • Early Products • Success Stories • What This All Means

3. TV History Reviewed

4. PC History Reviewed

5. PC’s Meet TV • Traditional RGB cable to cable connection • Non-Traditional • HDMI • VGA • Slingbox (converters) • Moving into hand devices capable of connection • I.E. Cell phone, iPad, Gaming console.

6. Early Products • “The perfect marriage of television and the internet for PC’s” • TV broadcast in one window, HTML pages in another • Typically, the HTML window contained relevant information to the TV program • Lack of interest from PC manufacturers and broadcasters – many empty promises

7. Early Products • Pioneer in offering internet access via TV • Acquired by Microsoft in ’97 • Struggled to gain traction • Rebranded as MSN TV 2001 • Officially ceased service September 30th, 2013

8. Success Stories

9. Success Stories Apple TV and Roku Boxes • One-time purchase, no subscription fees • Integration of television, PC and gaming • Cable substitute • Ability to stream from computer, tablets, phone and TV • Netflix, HBO, Hulu, ESPN, and hundreds of free channels

10. Success Stories Smart TVs • Internet capabilities integrated into the TV • At least $200 more expensive than a “non-smart” counterpart • Reduces the need for multiple devices • Ability to surf the internet, unlike Apple TV • Ease of use, “one stop shopping”

11. Convergence • The merging of multiple technologies, platforms and devices into a single product. • Cross-Functionality allows recorded media, streaming media, documents, photos, web applications, internet, and games to be shared across devices, platforms and across displays

12. Convergence + + + + + + + + = Convergence