Today, it hit me. Channels on popular video sites have always conceptually bothered me a bit but I really couldn't put my finger on exactly why. Finally, I realized that channels on any of the major video sites aren't really like channels at all.

Online Channels Are More Like Mail Order Catalogs Than TV Channels

If you've ever received a mail order catalog, you know that in order to find something in it, you actually have to go the page in the catalog to get more information.  You also have to look at every page of the catalog to know whats available.  Printed catalogs have no way to co-exist with each other. Isnt this jst like using video channels on Youtube and others?

The cable model of TV service brings everything that you order to the same place - your television. You can casually flip through the channels that you've chosen. You also have a guide that spans all of the available channels regardless of the content available.

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Tony