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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I respect that opinion, as it is expressed by quite a few who post on these matters, but I don't really understand it, I confess. As long as I have the content, I don't care whether I am watching a channel, VOD, or (in the future) streaming content from the internet via my TIVO box (when I get it).

This all assumes, of course, that the system is working correctly, that we don't keep losing episodes and we don't have programmes from series pulled before we have seen them.

Why do you think that viewing by channels is important? I really want to know why this view is knocking about so widely.

Because linear channels are still very important nowadays to the vast majority of viewers and they are still willing to pay for them now and in future.