The list of existing business models that have been blown up by the Internet is long and growing longer every day. Remember when we used to phone people called travel agents to book a trip, or find an apartment to rent through the newspaper classifieds? Been a while, yes?Well, all of that dis-intermediation -- of the travel industry, the media industry and many others -- is nothing compared to what we're about to see the Web do to one of the biggest, most profitable businesses of them all -- the television industry. I've said it before and I'll say it again -- at some point, maybe five years from now, maybe ten -- people are going to look back at ... [ Read more ]