Google's Eric Schmidt on What the Web Will Look Like in 5 Years
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The six minute video clip is a bit hoaky (particularly Schmidt's attempts at humor) but there are some interesting takeaways from this interview, like:
figuring out how to rank real-time info is "the great challenge of the age."
broadband will be comfortably faster than 100MB (at least for the Western world).
distribution distinctions between TV, Radio and the web will go away.
Today's teenagers, who seamlessly jump from app to app, are a model of how the web will work 5 years from now.
Content will move more towards video (no surprise here really)
I saw that one of our staff writers (happygeek) recently wrote about how a UK Broadcaster (Channel 4), a public TV network, partnered with YouTube so that they can stream their content and increase distribution for their programming. In turn Ch. 4 gets a share of the revenue generated by YouTube ads. This is the first deal of its kind (at least with a major Public Network) and a clear sign that these two distribution channels are already in the process of merging.
Last edited by jay 11; Oct 28th, 2009 at 11:49 pm. Reason: fixed typo
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