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Originally Posted by Jameseh
Sky and BBC have their content on demand within minutes of it airing so its not exactly a problem.
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Well maybe not Sky Anytime on VM currently (see the
Sky Anytime thread) but that's the kind of thing I'm suggesting. Is it too much to ask that all channels make their programming available this way for seven days?
If you're just trying to schedule one night's viewing then most of the popular shows (or our favourites anyway) are on between 19:00 and 23:00 at competing times. We are mostly lucky that we do have +1s for Alibi, 5*, 5 USA, Universal, Discovery etc. but not FX (yet!) or 5 (yet!). Sure you can wait till a show is repeated later in the week but it is bound to conflict with something else that night especially as, these days, different episodes of the same series are shown every week night.
Sometimes you need a bit more flexibility especially if you want to do anything else like make some phone calls, go shopping or eat! I really need one of those fridges with the built-in TV and internet!
As I already said, linear TV may not be the way to provide time-shift channels but there are other mechanisms currently available or on the way but it's a question of how many broadcasters will make use of them to provide this valuable facility.