“Magic” Internet TV Box Coming Soon?

I’ve been saying for a while now that in the next few years, our television watching habits are going to change dramatically.  This day will come when someone makes a box that will deliver Internet video to your TV that is affordable and as simple to hook up as a cable box or a DVD player.  This box will make it simple to access videos from not only YouTube, but also Hulu, the network TV sites, and other video delivery websites.  I call it the “magic box”, and it doesn’t currently exist.  The only way to watch Hulu on your TV that I know of is to hook a laptop up to a TV that has an input for a PC monitor cable.  I do this sometimes, but it can be a bit of a pain in the rump.

Now, Podcasting News is reporting about a survey from InStat that says full mass adoption of Internet Video (which to me means that it needs to be easy and on the TV, not the computer) is coming within four years.  According to InStat:

• Over 40% of young adult US households view Internet video on the TV at least once per month.
• Revenue from Web-to-TV streaming services will grow to $2.9 billion in 2013.
• Within five years, the number of US broadband households viewing Web-to-TV content will grow to 24 million.

I actually think we’re going to get that magic box sooner than four or five years from now.  While it may be a “chicken or the egg” thing, I think that box will be available in the next year or two, and full mass adoption will come soon after that.  When that day comes, the cable and satellite TV companies will have series reason to be worried, as I imagine a lot of people will no longer feel the need to pay $50-$75 per month for content that’s already available for free via the web.

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