I cannot help but wonder if, in five years, there even will be a National Cable Television Association? If cable exists, it will be part of a new homogenized media product that bears no resemblance to cable TV of today. I was around at the start of cable TV. I even met the man who "allegedly" invented cable TV--the famous appliance store owner who strung coax from his shop to a nearby mountain to get "distant" TV signals from Philadelphia and New York. It was a ploy to sell more TVs. Anyway, cable's time has come and in about five years, will be gone. Maybe sooner.

Next stop--TV over IP.