Internet will beat up TV in five years

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Gates said that the young to move away from conventional telly programming and are more likely to sit in front of there computers watching things like YouTube.

Gates said that over the next five years viewers will demand the flexibility offered by online video and abandon conventional broadcast television, with its fixed program slots and advertisements that interrupt shows.

He pointed out that programming such as elections or the Olympics show how TV is terrible. It forces viewers to wait for the guy to talk about the thing you care about or you miss the event and want to go back and see it, Gates said.

Gates said that the two will eventually merge and this will pose new challenges for TV companies and advertisers.

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