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Originally Posted by passingbat
Are not linear pay TV channels, still linear TV channels?
I was simply explaining that you hadn't understood the full implications of Now TV in this debate, with your statement, "Now TV is a linear based streaming service," You failed to understand that it is much more than that. I have never used it as a linear TV channel. But I have used it in exactly the same way that I use Netflix and Amazon Prime and chosen when I wanted to watch a current TV show within the one month window.
I am not for or against the original premise of this debate.
My own personal view is that linear TV will exist for a long time (both pay and terrestrial), but streaming services will affect pay TV the most, and although they will in no way disappear, they will see a decline in subscriptions. If the sports 'screw over' ever gets sorted an sports becomes available at a reasonable price in decent quality, the pay TV linear channel subscriptions decline would be even greater.
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Pay TV is, of course, still linear TV. In text you highlighted, it should have read "but this is a debate about the future of ALL linear TV channels"
Thanks for the clarification PB. You are correct, I had not factored in the catch up service. For me, that is no different than the recording option on the STB, and I can keep it longer than a month. For £18 a month, I am more that happy to stick with the Sky family HD package.
I do agree with your statement that Sky, VM etc will lose a fair few viewers over time, but they will still be around for a long time.
Not sure about the sports though. If Sky and BT ever stop paying over the odds for football rights, and the price of sport drops, I think people will want to watch it on the most stable platform and that will be via Sky, VM etc.