Satellite TV - The Future of Wireless TV Service

Author Harlen Ellison once said that, by its very nature, science fiction is a genre that is positive at its core. He opined that there will always be one person in the peanut gallery that will mention dark, brooding, morbid science fiction films such as Blade Runner or Mad Max and ask how such grim visions of the future could be, in any way, shape, or form, a positive vision. Ellison generally responds, “Because it is still there. As long as there is a future, no matter what it is, there is hope. So, science fiction is always positive.”

Many will scoff at films that take a glimpse into the future and try to marginalize the genre as nothing more than escapist entertainment. What these people have a tendency to ignore is the fact that many of these glimpses into the future come true. Perhaps not so much as actualization of a writer’s constructed society, but in the fact that those strange gadgets that appear in the background eventually find their way into existence in the consumer market. One such “gadget” had been the famous TV channels that one can pull up on their watch or telephone; and, yes, this has come true.

It seems that wireless TV service will quickly become one of the most revolutionary technological advancements of the 21st century. At one time, the mere thought of cellular telephones was considered pure fantasy, but it is a fantasy that became a reality and the reality went from a toy of the wealthy to being commonplace for everyone in society. In short, it became a luxury item, and now that luxury item has been expanded to include wireless television programming. As expansive as this technological advancement may appear on the surface, it is quite possible it may expand further by the integration of wireless TV with satellite TV.

This integration of wireless TV and satellite TV is the logical progression of technological innovation, and it is not as far off as many would think. For example, the Alltel Corporation has already launched plans for a multiplex package of landline phone service and satellite TV. According the Arkansas News Bureau, “Alltel Corp signed an agreement Tuesday to offer satellite TV service to all of its residential phone customers in a bundled package that will include wireline, wireless, high-speed Internet, and other broadband offerings. When the new service is unveiled later this summer, users of the Alltel's local phone service will be able to sign up for the Dish Network as part of a discounted bundle on a single bill provided by the Little Rock phone giant.” (Arkansas News Bureau March 9, 2005)

While this refers to landline phone service, it does include wireless service in an ancillary capacity as part of the package. So, it would only be logical that when technology makes a fusion of cellular wireless TV and satellite TV, something that is surely in the prototype stage, that it will inevitably reach the consumer market.

But will it be something that the consumer market will take to with great enthusiasm? It would seem logical that the first cellular wireless TV/satellite TV combos will be fairly pricey. This is to be expected, as all new technological innovations are first released in small quantities at higher prices. Eventually, the price comes down as the volume of product grows as demand rises.

As cellular wireless phone service continues to propagate and satellite TV becomes compatibility with this wireless service, the growth of this innovation is inevitable. There will be three hundred channels and nothing on and you can access them all from your phone. Not a bad deal.

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