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Old 14-03-2016, 12:38   #682
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Re: The future for linear TV channels
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
They do. They also start having kids of their own, and then realise that a pre-schooler doesn't need favourites, reminders or box sets. To the extent that young kids should be sat in front of a TV at all, a simple, linear schedule broadcast, for example, by the CBeebies channel, is more than adequate. Better, in fact, than a Netflix-like service, because the BBC's kids schedules are constructed with an eye on achieving a balance between crazy entertainment and useful knowledge and personal development.
Our grandkids get bored with the scheduled telly. They tend to watch recordings, on demand, Netflix and Amazon.

As far as newly matured adults who are settling down are concerned, I think I will be proved correct when I say they will be bored by pre-scheduled programming constantly interrupted by adverts.

I would like to think that the new generation of viewers are not so mindless and lazy that they just want to turn on the box and watch any old junk that is thrown at them. Most will be used to watching stuff when it's convenient to them, and they expect to watch it instantly.

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Originally Posted by telegramsam View Post
But with growing up don`t they also mature and realize that some things are different?
So they just give up and accept linear TV when all those alternatives are available?

I don't think so, and that's not my experience. My God, even some retired friends of ours who baulked at Internet shopping only a few years ago are into Netflix on TV.

The advent of smart TVs will only hasten this process.
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