is just before they get Pay per View to work like rental TV.
That is, when anyone can look a a movie (hell, anything, series,
special, news) whenever they want to. How long, who knows?
The tecknology is here but no one is implementing it. It requires expensive video servers. And the cable cos and sat dish providers are s l o w to implement anything new.
Hewlett Packard will benefit from this - they make the servers, so you'll have a place to hop to.