After you take public “broadcasters” online, what’s left?
I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about the impact of online on public “broadcasting”. How much of what they do should simply be moved online? Is public broadcasting (and cablecasting) already obsolete? With commercial cable networks taking the big audience shows and the web taking the highly-segmented stuff they never did a good job of covering, is there anything left in the middle that will cover the cost of maintaining a public TV station?
