New Amsterdam Media | Seth Shapiro » itv http://newamsmedia.com/blog Digital media consultants New Amsterdam Media create VOD, IPTV, Broadband TV , DVR, mobile, download and social media with some of the world's leading brands. Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:12:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 On-screen caller ID = The Clapper http://newamsmedia.com/blog/2008/03/30/on-screen-caller-id-is-the-clapper-of-digital-trade-shows/ http://newamsmedia.com/blog/2008/03/30/on-screen-caller-id-is-the-clapper-of-digital-trade-shows/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:54:28 +0000 Seth Shapiro http://www.newamsmedia.com/blog/2008/03/30/on-screen-caller-id-is-the-clapper-of-digital-trade-shows/ Every 18 months, someone trumpets Caller ID displayed on TV (an easy task for a cable modem or DSL obviously) as the long-awaited killer app of interactive TV

If this were true, then (to paraphrase James Carville) the digital TV industry would be the most expensive act of masturabation since Ross Perot’s candidacy.

We have cordless phones now. And, really, you can look at your phone while you watch TV.

Other than your boss, Caller on TV is not interesting to anyone on Earth.

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