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Originally Posted by HDFootyMan
There will always be room for linear TV, especially for 'event' TV such as major sports games, royal weddings and dare I say it, X-Factor.
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There's another reason why there will always be room for linear TV. Connection speeds. On Demand needs a fair amount of bandwidth to view. On cable, that's no problem. The trouble is, only around half of the country has been cabled. "You can get VOD on ADSL or Fibre", I hear you cry. Yes, you can. However, you have to live within a few miles of your exchange for ADSL to be viable (a lot of people don't, and only get a meg or two). Fibre probably won't be an option in a lot of areas (particulary rural areas ) because no one is likely to want to finance it, at least not without government help, and the government have only pledged a fraction of the investment needed.