Argumentative Essay: Is Cable TV Really Dead?

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CHENG, ANGELINE O. JO3A


Is cable TV really dead? From what the 2 hosts of the show explained, yes, maybe the cable TV is already dead in some aspects; but in my own opinion, it is still alive, only gradually vanishing.
I cannot gainsay the fact that internet is very powerful, limitless even, in this world we are living nowadays. Because of its power, even the “King of Media”, the television, is having a hard time proving itself more capable than internet. Other people even replaced their habit of watching their favorite television shows with online viewing. With the advent of online TV websites such as IWantTV, more and more people are being used to watching online rather than watching on live TV.
Well, we can’t blame them. TV, being a one chance medium, cannot satisfy the needs of all audiences to have a rewind of an episode of a certain TV …show more content…

Everything is Googleable and YouTube is just one click away. You can watch pretty much anything you want in just a few taps of the keyboard. You can also download movies you like from movie downloading websites. With the power of internet, you can watch any video or show you want, download and store it in your computer or cellphone’s memory, and rewatch it anytime you like. This only proves that cable TV is totally such a waste of money.
Internet may be very powerful, convenient, and almost complete but no, CABLE TV IS NOT DEAD YET. Yes, cable subscription is very costly but even if that’s the case, many people are still into it. Since there are still many people that don’t have internet subscriptions/connections, then cable TV is the option for them.
We must accept the fact that cable TV might eventually die its natural death soon. We can’t help it because there are way too many high-tech things that are emerging. It will be very hard for the cable TV to cope up with this. Well, that’s how things go around this world. Survival of the fittest, just like the theory Charles Darwin

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