for more, we turn to bernard gershon.e's the president of gershon- media-- a firm that provides advisory services to digital media companies, including ones that provide streaming video. gershon's also a former senior digital media executive at the walt disney company. thanks for being with us. >> thank you, harry. >> sreenivasan: first of all, what do all these different positions these companies are taking mean? what do they add up to? >> well, they add up to big viewership and big money. there are over 160 million americans accessing online video today. that number in the next few years will go to well over 200 million. people are accessing the content on pcs, laptops, tablets. i was watching pbs news hour streaming live on my iphone. so there are multiple ways that people and programmers can now access viewers and those eyeballs. >> sreenivasan: so is this shift to digital inevitable? >> well, it's obviously been going on for years. and i can't imagine, harry, when was the last time you went to a blockbuster to rent a

security council and alistair gershon baskin believes tel aviv is not inclined to reach a compromise and he told r.t. the timing of new settlements planet is far from being a coincidence. and this is not a time when it seems likely that israelis and palestinians will be moving toward the peace talks and that the americans will be leading the way the main issue that has blocked a return to negotiations is the continued settlement building by the government of israel let's face it the government of israel feels pretty immune to any criticism around the world radio on this issue records busy with the global financial crisis and we all know that mr ten year old has a lot more support in the american congress than leaders even in his own parliament so this isn't just be another is really building more settlements within neighborhoods of used euro zone without anyone really blinking and it's not really develop the situation it's going to hurt it much more than it's already hurting. and some more today's top stories from around the world for you must admit it is to take six to nine people i

security council and analyst gershon baskin believes tel aviv is not inclined to reach a compromise he told r.t. the timing of new settlement plans is far from being with incidence. this is not a time when when it seems likely that israelis and palestinians will be moving towards the peace talks and that the americans will be leading the way the main issue that is blocking return to negotiations is the continued settlement building by the government of israel let's face it the government of israel feels pretty immune to any criticism around the world right there on this issue everyone is busy with the global financial crisis and we all know that mr netanyahu has a lot more support in the american congress than he does even in his own parliament so this isn't just be another is really active building more settlements within neighborhoods of east jerusalem without anyone really blinking and it's not going to help the situation it's not going to hurt it got more than it's already hurting . freedom of speech in hungary may be under threat as the countries that are meant to tighten the knot

stalled since last year after the construction of israeli homes in the west bank and there's a new list gershon baskin told r.t. the compromise is now being pushed even further away this is not a time when it seems likely that israelis and palestinians will be moving toward the peace talks and that the americans will be leading the way the main issue that has blocked a return to negotiations is the continued settlement building by the government of israel let's face it the government of israel feels pretty immune to any criticism around the world the i want this issue everyone is busy with the global financial crisis and we all know that mr netanyahu has a lot more support in the american congress than he does even in his own parliament so this will just be another is really building more settlements within neighborhoods of use. without anyone really blinking and it's not going to help the situation it's not going to hurt it much more than it's already hurting. hungary's journalists' freedom of speech is taking a major step backward self to the government pushed through a new media control law

sides have been deadlocked since last year after the construction of jewish homes in the west bank gershon baskin says the latest announcement is yet another step away from a compromise and this is. going to seems likely that israelis and palestinians will be moving toward the peace talks and that the americans will be leading the way the main issue that has blocked a return to negotiations is the continued settlement building by the government of israel this is not going to help the situation. of the government of israel feels pretty immune to any criticism around the world right the i want this issue everyone's busy with the global financial crisis the united states as well the euro some twenty percent of the u.s. congress visiting israel this week and we don't know that mr netanyahu has a lot more support in the american congress than he does even in his own parliament so this isn't just be another is really building more settlements within neighborhoods of east jerusalem without anyone really believe it's not going to help the situation it's not. heard much more than it already hurting

it is correspondent paula slater there let's talk now the gershon baskin is from the israel palestinian center for research and information is joining us live from jerusalem mr baskin there so where does this latest announcement leave the two sides how's it going to affect the chance for future peace talks well there are no future peace talks on the agenda the u.s. government has been trying behind the scenes to get that cordy's back to the table in front of the palestinian decision to go to the united nations but the main issue that has blocked return to negotiations is the continued settlement building by the government of israel this is not going to help the situation. that the government of israel feels pretty immune to any criticism around the world right now on this issue everyone is busy with a global crisis the united states as well those involved in. some of it you should all over europe there are some twenty percent of the u.s. congress visiting israel this week and we don't know that mr netanyahu has a lot more support in the american congress than he does even in his own par