Gates: Internet will transform television within 5 years

The head of Microsoft, Bill Gates, has traditionally been one of the central figures at the World Economic Forum in Davos, and each time gives the public enough reason to discuss.

"I am stunned as people do not see this in relation to TV, in five years people will laugh at what we had." This was said after a detailed explanation of why Gates believes that in the coming years, the Internet will provoke a revolution in our usual television. The development of video services, the constant expansion of communication channels and the gradual transformation of a computer into a multifunctional multimedia center will surely do their work in this direction.

The network has already forced many, mostly young people, to reduce the time spent behind the “box”, or to abandon the TV altogether. Accustomed to the wide availability of interesting programs and operational news, and most importantly, to the ability to most easily influence the program schedule, viewers already now see many flaws in conventional television.
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“Certain things, such as elections or the Olympics, really show how television is terrible. You have to wait for the guy to tell you about the thing that interests you, or you miss the event and want to come back and see it, ”says Gates. And this does not allow TV, and besides, it constantly interrupts its broadcasting with annoying ad units.

Today, the Internet and TV are considered completely different things, but the changes, the unification of these two media spaces, are close, according to Gates. The arrival of mobile TV broadcast in cellular networks will especially help this process.

New advertising models that the resulting hybrid will undoubtedly need will be practiced, including on YouTube, about which , among other things , its co-founder Chad Hurley told.