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Old 06-04-2016, 13:55   #834
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Re: The future for linear TV channels
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Originally Posted by TVWatcher View Post
I know.

I simply cited "satellite and aerial" because they're inherently cheaper technologies than streaming and commercial factors will always lead the broadcasters to the cheapest tech.

Hence why so many still operate SD channels rather than HD.
It's actually cheaper for broadcasters to have streaming apps on VM than live cable channels and cheaper to have IPTV channels on Freeview than to have conventional terrestrial channels.
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