Big broadcast has been busy tamping down on unauthorized web distribution of their television content.
But let's flip it around...
How many broadcast and cable execs are losing sleep over the wave of deals that bring web content into the living room? I suspect not many, but they should be.
If YouTube viewers are already spending less time with television, imagine what happens when it becomes commonplace for people to use their TiVo, Xbox or Nintendo Wii to bypass the set-top altogether -- along with the ad-supported broadcast programming the networks are serving up -- and access the on-demand web video they really want to watch.
