TV of the future--all on demand?

VENICE BEACH, Calif. - Imagine a world in which CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox shows are all only available on demand, and the days of appointment TV is over.

Think about it--you'd turn on network TV and just see a menu of shows. Click the ones you want to watch--and pay for, no doubt.

Netflix boss Reed Hastings said it this week--linear TV will be replaced by internet Television by 2025.

Hasting's comments came after Netflix's record breaking quarterly results, in which the online network added 4.9 million new subscribers, bringing its tally to just over 60 million. Meanwhile, HBO now offers the ability to watch the network without subscribing to cable TV, via its HBO Now app, and CBS has dipped its toes into the water with the CBS All Access on-demand service.

So on our weekend Talking Tech Roundtable podcast, we dive into Hasting's prediction and take a peek at what our viewing world might look like in the years to come.

Click the SoundCloud link above to listen to the program, which also covers Apple's new digital music plans and Google's anti-trust battle with European regulators. We also talk about that new consumer i-device a certain company from Cupertino is putting on sale next week--but it already sold out. Folks going to stores to find the new Apple Watch will find that it's not available. What kind of launch is that?

On our panel:

--Former music industry veteran Ted Cohen is the managing partner of the Tag Strategic consultancy.

--Brad Brooks is the CEO of TigerText , the company offering secure mobile messaging for businesses.

--Adam Weber is the vice-president of marketing for the Dollar Shave Club, the company that ships low-cost razors and blades each month to over 1,7 million members.

--Neil Goldberg is the founder of App One, a new platform that aggregates social and news channels around a particular topic into one stream of curated content.

--Tech investor Alyse Killeen from March Capital.

--Kimberly King Burns, who heads up the digital media and clean technology energy practices at convergenz/solutions, a technology brokerage.

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