Bill Gates announces the death of (network) TV at CES

The death of TV, really? Quite possibly, yes. Microsoft didn’t say that of course, but if you put all the pieces announced tonight together, you come to a pretty obvious conclusion rather quickly. Network TV, at least as we know it, will die.

Here are the puzzle pieces, see if you come to the same conclusion I did:

IPTVAt tonight’s CES 2008 Keynote, Microsoft made a big announcement: they’ve got 1 million set top boxes for its Mediaroom. This is 6 months ahead of schedule for Microsoft. They’ve done this pretty quietly now, but at this rate they are adding 2 IPTV subscribers every minute.

Making TV yoursLet’s say you love Nascar and follow a particular driver.