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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Interesting prediction. But what happens in five years' time? How will the average pay TV customer then get their fix?
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Medium term I think it will be a case of installing an app on your smart TV or streaming box to access channels from your cable company - and they will also supply a preconfigured one for a small fee. Longer term I think the likes of Apple, Google and Amazon are more likely to win and you'll be paying subs to them for packages of content while cable companies end up just being Internet connection suppliers.
Facebook will want to get in on the act eventually and maybe picking up Netflix would be the easiest way for them to do that, especially when other services start eating into their revenue. At some point Sky will have to decide where it wants to sit in this new world - long term I think BT will win on broadband but when Fox eventually buy Sky they might be able to put together a contender, though Murdoch's record on Internet ventures has been terrible so they might just end up not much more than a studio.
Amazon are already looking to offer bundles of other suppliers content as part of their service it seems:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...to-prime-video