re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by eljay
(Post 35661575)
"Becoming the prevailing method" is probably correct but I will take any odds that the majority of people still watch the majority of their TV live, even those with Pay TV.
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I don't disagree with you but I think the number of people prepared to waste their time in this way is reducing all the time. The figures for on demand viewing over the years reveals that this is the case.
There will come a point when the broadcasting of so many linear channels is no longer unviable.
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Originally Posted by passingbat
(Post 35661243)
The main reason so many hours are filled with dross is because there is a limited amount of 'good stuff' out there.
As you remarked earlier, there are more channels competing for the good US Network TV dramas and so it is spread thinly between all those channels.
It doesn't surprise or bother me that each channel only has two or three good shows; I just watch those and don't bother about what they show along side them.
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Which is why they should produce more of their own (better quality) material. We need more dramas and shows and less reality TV.
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Originally Posted by eljay
(Post 35661487)
You are never going to be offered a channel with all the good stuff on it as it would be to costly to the providers and not in the PAY TV companies interests.
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I agree, but Sky 1 is 85% dross and only 15% is worth watching, and I'm probably being generous at that. I don't think it is beyond the wit of Skyman to balance it out a bit better.
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Originally Posted by passingbat
(Post 35661468)
I can only think of a couple of shows I watch on ITV, and one of those is a US import (The Americans)
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I appreciate it's horses for courses but there are more original dramas on ITV now and they are quite good.
Can you imagine Sky commissioning a programme like Downton Abbey for example? No, they just rely on American programming and reality shows for the most part. I just think they are selling themselves short - they could do much better than this.
I only hope their new strategy addresses these shortcomings.
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