We use Kindle reader and we stream Netflix and other services. Over time, the nature of ebooks and their prices, features and arrangements change. Same thing with streaming tv. I don't take time these days to stream music but I know it is a possibility.
I looked up "narrowcasting" today since I was thinking of something like the opposite of broadcasting. I also looked up "where are radio and tv waves on the spectrum?" and found this:
TV channels utilize frequencies in the range of 54 to 88 MHz and 174 to 222 MHz (the entire FM radio band lies between channels 88 MHz and 174 MHz). These TV channels are called VHF (very high frequency). Other channels called UHF (ultra high frequency) utilize an even higher frequency range of 470 to 1000 MHz.
We have used Roku streaming for quite a few years and are pleased with it. It is surprising how little we use regular broadcasting for anything. If we do tune in on the regular tv, it is usually for weather information.
When any business is a success, it attracts copycats, competitors and slightly altered offerings. Just about everything is digital and computerized in some form or other, and things digital and computerized attract modifications and updates.
Many of my friends express dissatisfaction with ebooks. They often mention the heft of a book or its smell. Physical traditional books definitely have their advantages but the price, the speed and the ease of packing several thousand books in a couple of ounces are all great features. Similarly, relative lack of ads and the very valuable ability to select what to watch make streaming excellent. At least, our way of streaming.
These days, if a book is newly out, it will be available in e-form for Kindle. On the other end of age and fame, if a book is old and famous, it is worth looking it up at Amazon.com. For example, I just looked up "A Tale of Two Cities" (1859) by Charles Dickens. It's available for $.60 on Kindle. Traditional books can be loaned, sold or given away. Kindle books can be loaned, too. "Kindle Unlimited" is a deal from Amazon that allows some books to be borrowed from them but no more than ten books at a time. Just as they tell me when I already have a book purchased, their computers also tell me when I have 10 Unlimited books out already. Their software makes it easy and quick to return one to get something I currently want from Kindle Unlimited.
Increasingly, I have used the smartphone app "Just Watch" to find where we can watch a movie. We got interested in Sandra Bullock and "Miss Congeniality" the other day and found it right away on Amazon tv.
