Comments on: On February 17th, 2009 Your TV Will No Longer Work https://theculturepin.com/on-february-17th-your-tv-wont-work/ Observations From the Cultural Frontier... Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:19:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: singswithlove https://theculturepin.com/on-february-17th-your-tv-wont-work/#comment-343 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:19:24 +0000 http://theculturepin.com/?p=381#comment-343 this is happening already? I guess it HAS been talked about for a while now, but I just put it off for so long. I myself rarely watch regular TV. I get most of my entertainment via the internet and XBOX these days. And I’m fine with that.

]]> By: Jill https://theculturepin.com/on-february-17th-your-tv-wont-work/#comment-342 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:18:06 +0000 http://theculturepin.com/?p=381#comment-342 “That is, if anyone still watches TV broadcasts anywhere but online in 2011.”

About two years ago I was living in Ontario (not Toronto), and I decided to give up cable TV for the first time in years. I watched all of my favorite movies/shows online, and I didn’t feel like I was missing out – except for local news. I still had my TV, and I had to break out my oldschool rabbit ears to pick up the broadcast signal of my city’s local news station every night for the 11 pm news.

Now, if you’re living in a major city in Ontario (like Toronto), you would have no problem finding local news in both text and video formats online; however, smaller cities still suffer from a lack of a localized online presence. If I didn’t have access to that TV signal back then I would’ve felt lost.

I’m not sure what my point is, but I could definitely see myself relying on traditional TV in the future.

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