In general, I’m not an early adopter. I haven’t yet cut the (cable) cord. I’m in no hurry. I also still get my Netflix—on DVD. Considering I’m now in the minority of Netflix subscribers (more are streaming), it’s surprising I haven’t had my digital agency key card deactivated.

Last week I sat on a Future of Television conference panel in NYC (along with fellow panelists Christy Tanner of TV Guide Digital, Colin Helms of MTV Networks, and Scott Lincke of Yahoo! Connected TV). It was a good discussion (props to Warren Lee for solid moderation) with interesting perspectives. As we move into the future, we’re converging and fragmenting at the same time. It’s both a daunting and an exciting time for content creation and consumption.

So, you may be compelled to ask, what is the future of TV? Well, how should I know? The answer, surprise, isn’t at all concrete and you can program a conference to debate it into the wee hours of the future and still not have an answer. The answer is both blowing in the WiFi wind and, for now at least, still surging through cords. After all, today is last Friday’s future.

Like that Bob Dylan “Blowing in the Wind” reference? Then check out the chorus from John Prine’s (once dubbed the next Dylan) “Living in the Future”:

We are living in the future
I’ll tell you how I know
I read it in the paper
Fifteen years ago

Good stuff.

Seeming non sequitur (thank you, blog): Oh, by the way, The New Adventures of Old Christine is in syndication on broadcast television five days a week! I saw that on mall signage; fifteen days ago.

Cross-posted on usblog.havasdigital.com