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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
But there's a difference between 'live' channels and 'linear' channels.
I think that it is only a matter of time before there is a sea change in viewer habits and video on demand becomes the choice of viewing for the majority over TV channels.
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I think you're right there OB. Apparently that is the choice of young people right now. And the 'not so young' (well at least me) are joining them.
The vast majority of my viewing, for quite some time now, has come from streamed content. So much so that, although I haven't done it yet, I'm pretty sure I'm going to cancel the TV side of VM. I was planning on getting a Freeview PVR but have put that on hold whilst I experiment to see what it's like sourcing all the Freeview shows that I watch from the UK broadcasters catchup services. So far that is proving successful. The only negative side is having to put up with non HD versions from the other broadcasters apart from the BBC. So it may be that very soon, everything I watch is streamed.
And I do pay to access the non Freeview content; It's just that I would prefer to pay for what I want to watch rather than partly fund BT sport.