Rosenberg, Alyssa. “The New York Times Company.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Sept. 2013, www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/06/12/televisions-next-frontier/lets-revolutionize-television-content-too. Alyssa Rosenberg claims in her opinion editorial “Let’s Revolutionize Television Content Too” (28 September 2013) that if content providers were brave enough to go outside of societal norms and break free from the chains of stereotypical television productions, that they can benefit from the many awards waiting from entering the uncharted territory of new television concepts. Rosenberg begins her op-ed with an argument stating that television shows have been the same throughout all their productions and that networks do not stray…show more content… The major things that these authors agree upon are that television as we know it is changing and evolving in more ways than we can imagine. They all also agree that cable television is currently dominant in the broadcasting of live television but is losing its hold in other forms of content due to the online, on-demand services such as Netflix and YouTube. Authors Michael Tillery and Tristian Louis agree upon the fact that television is king when it comes to live broadcasted events. However, Louis comes from an industry perspective by asserting that networks need to change their platforms to compete, and Tillery comes writes in a consumers’ perspective stating how there would be chaos is an untrusted streaming system missed a game winning play or major event. Louis agrees with Alyssa Rosenberg on the statement that cable providers need to evolve but they disagree on the different ideas of evolution. Louis states that cable networks need to change how they bring content to the viewers whereas Rosenberg states that content producers need to change their production methods and bring new content to the airwaves. Rosenberg also disagrees with Tillery who believes that Cable Networks should reign king on the broadcasting of sports and believes that there should be few changes made. But Rosenberg states that there needs to be a renaissance of content that is begin produced and that the new content created can bring many benefits to the producers and industry. The authors argue on different levels of stasis. They all are in stasis that cable networks reign supreme when it comes to the broadcasting of live sports. Other authors in stasis are Rosenberg and Bushman and Simon who all agree that content is the main driving force of what consumers choose to watch. Through their debates, the authors agree and disagree on many topics regarding the
