Television 2.0

Here's an interesting yarn from the Tyee.com
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"Is television dead?"

That was the question that kicked off a panel called, "International Broadcasters Talk Trends" at the 2007 Banff World Television Festival. Not surprisingly, the panelists -- who make their living making television -- agreed that it wasn't. But their thoughts on the future of the medium definitely didn't sound like TV from the old days, like, say, last week. It was more like TV 2.0 -- a world where CBC has a Facebook page and wants you to sign up as their new friend.

Trying to tap into the zeitgeist at an event where everyone's livelihood depends on tapping the zeitgeist, it was clear there were two things most of the 1500 "content providers" (formerly known as writers, directors, producers and broadcasters) were talking about -- the web and The Sopranos.

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