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Old 16-02-2016, 16:15   #613
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Re: The future for linear TV channels

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
One thing I am absolutely confident of, however, is that the BBC will not ever lock itself behind subscription. That model simply doesn't work in the UK for mass-audience broadcasting.
One thing I am absolutely confident of, is, the BBC will not have a say in it at all! The government will decide assuming there is a BBC in the future at all. My local MP is one among many who wants rid of the BBC completely.

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
As for the non-linear content providers, well I believe that market forces will compel them to run adverts eventually. Once they reach saturation point in terms of subscribers, it is the only easy way they will have in order increase revenue. Services that have made a virtue out of not running adverts may hold out for longer, but they will do it eventually, and they will use customer profiling to try to soften the blow by making their ads 'targeted' and 'relevant'.
Agree in part, but as said by someone else there will be higher priced non ad tiers too.

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Originally Posted by passingbat View Post
I think that is an unfair criticism of the output of the main FTA channels. They do show good drama, you just have to pick it out from the other stuff; not that difficult as it usually airs at 9:00pm.

I do add to that content via streaming services, but to say the FTA channels don't show good drama is way off in my view.
For me, as someone who was always a major advocate of our broadcasters, they are dead to me as far as I am concerned.

They exist to service the lowest common denominator only and what "quality" dramas they do come up with are boring and are poorly acted and executed.
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