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04 September 2008

The sibling rivalry between TV and the web: Peter Hirshberg on TED.com

Speaking at the 2007 EG conference, Peter Hirshberg offers an absorbing look at emerging media and tech history. He shares some crucial lessons from Silicon Valley and explains why the web is so much more than "better TV." (Recorded December 2007 in Los Angeles, California. Duration: 31:39.)


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