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THE KEY FIGURES BEHIND THE LATEST ISSUES AND TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY.

10-20 years NETFLIX CEO BELIEVES ALL TV WILL BE ONLINE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DECADES.

Although new subscriptions for cable TV companies in the US has been on the decline since 2009, the industry passed a new milestone in August, as the total number of cable channel customers started to go backwards. e stats now suggest that cable television has a very nite lifespan, and in August Net ix CEO Reed Hastings wasn’t reluctant to point out the writing on the wall, predicting that all television will be delivered online in the next 10-20 years.