A Short Note on Future Of Broadcasting...

No one can predict the future, but it seems that in future, the broadcasting may shift from TV to PC.
In the recent future we will witness the TVs with Internet compatible and PCs with TV...
All TV content would be created according to its internet feasibility. Viewer would surf TV and internet on same platform ... on... mobile, tablets etc.
Analysts give the term 'Convergence' to it.
Some computers are already fitted with TV cards that permit reception of analogue TV broadcasts. This feature will probably become more common with the advent of digital broadcasting. Microsoft has predicted that “More than of 50% of PCs will be capable of receiving digital TV broadcasts till year 2020”.
This obviously represents a new and expanding market for normal broadcast TV services. It could also permit important new forms of broadcast multimedia services, using the processing power and storage capability of computers.
Various commercial services allow consumers to display Web pages on standard TV sets. They use special set-top boxes connected by a modem to a normal telephone line. A key feature of such services is that they are easier to use than computer-based access to the Internet.
As Web pages are designed for viewing on computers, the pages must be magnified and re-formatted to ensure legibility on TV screens. The result is that many graphics cannot be accurately displayed and only part of the page is visible without scrolling.
Another term also exists in current market, which is called 'Data broadcasting'.
Data broadcasting can be used to deliver pages from the Web. Some use the vertical blanking interval of analogue TV services, whilst others use digital television transmissions which offer much greater capacity.
Broadcast transmissions will, of course, eventually become digital, but analogue services will continue for another 15 - 20 years. For historical reasons, terrestrial transmission has been the dominant form of delivery for radio and TV services. However, in the future, broadcast services will be delivered by a multiplicity of methods:
Wireless – terrestrial, satellite and microwave multi-point video distribution (MVDS); Wired – cable, telephone lines and optical fiber.
Two trends appear inevitable: Portability and mobility will become major requirements – even for TV reception which has, hitherto, been an essentially static application; interactivity will blur the distinction between “traditional” broadcasting and wired services, including those delivered by the Internet (and its successors).
From a technical perspective, the Internet is a “powerhouse of technology” (such as streaming audio/video, downloadable software and push technology). Such technologies require user terminals with considerable processing power and local storage. However, broadcasting standards have historically been designed to minimize the complexity of receivers, so as to reduce the costs for consumers.
This constraint will become less necessary because of the falling costs of computer processing and storage.
Broadcasters will embrace the Internet, adopting and adapting the new technologies to benefit from the advantages of broadcast delivery.