Thread: VOD Netflix/Streaming Services
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Old 01-03-2015, 16:04   #1373
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by spiderplant View Post
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To be fair, subscription services are successful. But they aren't in competition with linear TV, and fulfil a different purpose.

The nearest one that could be remotely regarded as any sort of competition to linear TV is Now TV coupled with a Now TV box, as this includes all the catchup channels and selected Sky channels.

I (and I suspect most other people) don't use it as an alternative to Freeview channels, as catchup is clunky and time restricted compared to a Freeview PVR. But I do regard it as good competition to traditional ways to get pay TV channels. Pay TV is the sector that has the most threat from streaming; Freeview channels are currently under no foreseeable threat.

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