Beyond the PVR brouhaha

Gary Arlen reviews the present state of development of personal video recorders and discusses the dramatic implications they will have on the media scene.

Beyond The PVR Brouhaha

Gary ArlenArlen Communications

As Jamie Kellner, chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting System, escalated his rhetoric against Personal Video Recorders (PVRs) during the past few months, he also raised the visibility of these TV/computer devices that are on the threshold possibly of rearranging the dynamics of television viewing and advertising. In a series of interviews and speeches during the spring and summer, Kellner, a TV wunderkind at Fox and WB Network, and now head of the TBS unit of AOL Time-Warner, warned that commercial television could suffer irreparable harm if viewers do not...

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