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Originally Posted by JethroUK
meaning?
if more stuff (you like) was on VOD (highly likely to happen) then you'd watch VOD more than Live - ergo no reason to keep live TV
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i like to watch actual tv, however alot of ppl on here seem to think that cuz they do or dont that everyone else likes the same as they do. everyones different.
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Originally Posted by JethroUK
You're not missing anything - Cable Guy just dropped a bo****k about the advertising and he's hoping you forgot - Cable Guy  gawd preserve us |
& your point is ? i stand by what i said & if you read what i said above, thats another reason. not everyone likes VOD as their only source of tv, some ppl like to watch actual tv.
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Originally Posted by kragen
the one point I think everyone here has missed - and was discussed albeit briefly on Steve Wright's radio 2 show abouyt a year ago.
If everyone watched their TV "On-Demand" then approx 95% of the social interaction at work coffe breaks would cease.
Q. What is the most popular topic of conversation around the office coffe machine?
A. "Did you watch XYZ last night wasn't it brilliant/rubbish blah blah blah"
if TV goes completely on-demnad,we as a nation - who already interact less and less what with online shopping meaning you don't even have to go to the supermarket anymore. will have less reason to interact.
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agreed
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Originally Posted by JethroUK
it's a valid point - but 'social issues' are not going to influence peoples individual decisions - only governments are in a position to do that by denying choice
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but we have the choice & that way everyone is catered for
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Originally Posted by JethroUK
people will always want to watch live events pretty well as-it-happens
although should VM decide to go 100% VOD there's no real reason to prevent live events being added as they happen & played near live & still have advantage of also being available on demand later (even if it's only few minutes later after dropping the wife at bingo  ) |
that would mean the end of their channels like Bravo & Living etc which they get an income for from Sky, NTL Ireland etc & VM only cares about money so i cant see them axing their own channels.
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Originally Posted by 12noon
If all we had was VOD, i'd run out of good programs to watch. I should imagine most people are like me and search through the VOD, pick out the good stuff, watch it and then have to put normal TV on and watch what ever because they have already watched all the good stuff.
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my point exactly.
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Originally Posted by Mick Fisher
IMO advertising, in general, is just getting completely out of hand and is increasingly getting intolerably invasive.
I can't speak for others but advertising is having the complete different effect on me that it was intended in that anything that is advertised really heavily I think there must be something wrong with it and then go out of my way to avoid it.
Last night, exactly as I was scooping my meal from the frying pan, simultaneously Avon (FFS?) was banging on the front door and somebody from sky was phoning to sell me an extended guarantee.
Sorry I know that's selling and not strictly advertising but the two are merged into the same thing in my brain.
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dont forget tho that thats how most channels get their income. at least we dont live in America where they have twice (if not more) as many adverts as us.