The future [of Internet video delivery] is local news.
Predictor: Saffo, Paul
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for The New York Times, reporter John Markoff writes about a proposed plan to send digital video on the Internet, quoting futurist Paul Saffo. He writes:”‘The future [of Internet video delivery] is local news,”’ Saffo said. One component of Oracle’s digital-news strategy is to be made public on April 9, when the company plans to announce its digital ‘newsroom of the future’ technology with Sony Corp., the leader in television newsroom editing systems. The announcement, which will be made the day before the opening of the meeting of the National Association of Broadcasters in Las Vegas, will focus on Oracle’s server software and on Sony’s new hardware for digital production of video information.”
Biography:Paul Saffo was the director of a decades-old research and forecasting foundation called the Institute for the Future, located in Menlo Park, Calif., in the 1990s. This Institute was a non-profit think tank that consulted for a large number of businesses and government entities, including telecommunications and consumer companies. (Futurist/Consultant.)
Date of prediction: March 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: Journalism/Media
Name of publication: New York Times
Title, headline, chapter name: Oracle Plan May Enable PC Users to Customize News
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/impact/w95/RN/mar17news/Merc-news-oracle.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Stotler, Larry