The digital distribution I'm refering to would be independent of cable distribution. Although it may come in through cable suppliers, it will truly be internet distributed content. All of a sudden, HBO, Cinemax, Showtime, etc... are going to find that they have a platform to distribute their product without letting the Comcasts determine the rates. I'm not referring to On Demand. I'm refering to a fully functioning universal media library. It will stream the content, so you will only need enough storage for one movies worth of content.
The same will be true for The Universals and the Disney's. When they find that just by cataloging their movies canmaximize on ther profits by cutting out the Comcasts and in turn the HBO's. This is what is happening to the Newspapers, and somewhat the TV news channels.
I cannot forsee the cost of a Digital Media box costing more then a cable box. It will actually be a cheap computer with a modem, hard drive, and video processor.
