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The birth of broadband TV

Three years ago, author Malcolm Gladwell had a bestseller on his hands with The Tipping Point. In it, he contends that ideas spread like viruses, until a new notion is embraced by culture. If that piece of amateur sociology is true, we may be looking back on January's Consumer Electronics Show (ces) as the tipping point for broadband broadcasting - as the confluence of ideas and technology that finally made the medium practical.

March 1, 2006

Three years ago, author Malcolm Gladwell had a bestseller on his hands with The Tipping Point. In it, he contends that ideas spread like viruses, until a new notion is embraced by culture. If that piece of amateur sociology is true, we may be looking back on January's Consumer Electronics Show (ces) as the tipping point for broadband broadcasting - as the confluence of ideas and technology that finally made the medium practical.