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Old 28-12-2015, 23:29   #463
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Re: The future for linear TV channels

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
One thing you should know is that it costs a small fortune to broadcast channels in the old fashioned way. The schedules have to be worked out, the timings have to be exact, the announcements have to be included between the programmes, the advertisements have to be inserted during the times available, etc. Whereas it is a fairly straight forward and much less time consuming simply to load the programmes onto a streaming site.

I think some channels fail on the exact bit OB

I think you will find things like announcements and add insertion is automated, often using pre-recordings for announcements. I always remember years ago when the Hallmark pre-recorded announcements got out of sync and the wrong shows were being announced.
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