Originally Posted by denphone (Post 36067863)

l cannot remember for the life of me who it was that said the day of reckoning was coming for Sky.;)

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36067989)

Are Sky still around? Sorry, my bad, mixed them up with Eleven Sports. :D

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k (Post 36068019)

More shockingly Freeview is still around. :D

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36068020)

Can’t believe folk are so brain dead as to still stick their TV on and press a number to access a channel. How quaint. :D

Originally Posted by Phunkenstein (Post 36067875)

30 original films in one year is quite a number - and one probably borne out of necessity once theatrical exhibition cratered (And I expect a few of those titles to have been once earmarked for theatrical like Blithe Spirit) but it’s probably the right direction to go in - and it wouldn’t surprise me to see them lean on more British product much like Sky Italia do with local language films.

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36068026)

From the BroadbandTVNews item ;)

Originally Posted by Phunkenstein (Post 36068023)

https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2021...e-goes-global/

Netflix Direct, which presents the streamer’s content library in the form of a traditional linear schedule, is to be rolled out internationally.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36068057)

Except that it would not be the same. They are not planning to have a schedule as such, it will simply be targeted content that you can see from the start. This is not inconsistent with what I envisaged after several posters commented over time that there were occasions when they were tired and just wanted to switch on the TV and watch whatever was being served up. My response was that targeted content could be served up on a random basis from similar programmes you have watched in the past, and that this could play until such time as you wanted to select something else.

That seems to be exactly what this is.

Originally Posted by Phunkenstein (Post 36068044)

Not U.K. related but this sorta seems big..

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...301213995.html

WWE Network to shut down in the US and all of its content including live PPVs (any no added cost) will move to Peacock.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 36068057)

Except that it would not be the same. They are not planning to have a schedule as such, it will simply be targeted content that you can see from the start. This is not inconsistent with what I envisaged after several posters commented over time that there were occasions when they were tired and just wanted to switch on the TV and watch whatever was being served up. My response was that targeted content could be served up on a random basis from similar programmes you have watched in the past, and that this could play until such time as you wanted to select something else.

That seems to be exactly what this is.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36068104)

I've had a look - can't seem to find these "several posters"; can you point their comments out, please?

Originally Posted by Horizon (Post 36018614)

Hello Old Boy,

My opinion on this remains the same as I've said before and as people choose streaming services over traditional pay tv, many linear channels will close.

However, in many regards, I see tv of tomorrow looking very much as it did thirty years ago with there remaining a core group of linear channels acting as shop windows into their respective streaming services.

Until true intelligent tv comes along (some way off) many people do not want to wade through endless menus or have to "think" about what they want to watch after a long day and a core group of linear channels which are broad in nature, as our main channels used to be, with a varied selection of programming, will dominate I believe. Having wall-to-wall reality crap and celebrity chefs will become a thing of the past as those channels with poor quality content close.

Don't be surprised within five years to find a Netflix One channel, (perhaps a Netflix Kids channel, or Netflix Crime channel etc) which shows the best of what's on offer on Netflix's streaming service. And if people want to break away from the linear schedule and binge watch a certain show, rather than waiting for the next episode to appear in the linear schedule, they've only got to enter the streaming service to do it. Ie Press the red button to binge watch the whole season of a show you're currently watching.

Who runs these linear channels in the future though, I think is very much up for debate and all depends on which streaming services survive over the next ten years or so. I believe Disney and Netflix will survive, not sure on the others yet and I believe ultimately our own UK broadcasters may well collapse.

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k (Post 36068097)

Peacock is exceptional value already as it has most premier league matches on plus NBC catalogue and Universal, adding WWE to it too will make it incredible value for money.