Thread: VOD The future for linear TV channels
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Old 28-12-2015, 14:27   #458
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Re: The future for linear TV channels
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Nope. Streaming services like Netflix have a bright future. More people will use them as fast broadband becomes more widely available. Plenty will change - but plenty will not. There will still be a healthy broadcast TV service in the UK 20 years from now, with no long-term plan in place to close it down.
So how do you see the commercial broadcast linear channels being financed as audiences shift away from them, Chris? You have not explained this in the reasoning behind your conviction.

Remember how close ITV came to financial meltdown when advertising declined during the recent recession? It really wouldn't take much for the dominos to start toppling.
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