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Originally Posted by harry_hitch
Yup, you did say linear channels (clue: look closely and digest the first word) which broadcast linear TV. the loss one of one, leads to the loss of the other. If myself and others have misinterpreted your thoughts, why on earth have you kept this thread running for so long, why not just explain your thoughts better to us? Boredom? Trolling? Or just wanting to have a chat?
The first argument that changed was the 10 years statement. I am not going to trawl through all the other posts to find others. although you did present three different arguments on how you thought streaming services would be paid for, each time you changed your mind when I gave reasons why they would not be fair for everyone. You also said the BBC should be pay per view, and you changed your mind again, when I challenged you on how expensive it would be to just one show. You no longer seem to think everyone in the country will be able to watch anything they want it in 10 years. You also said all content companies would launch streaming services, and would replace linear channels.
The point I am making about Netflix, is that you have this vision of what the world will look in 20 years (although you have often said you don't know how things will look in 20 years, when questioned a bit deeper on your thoughts) but will not put together basic figures/ideas for scrutiny.
Now seeings as you ignored a large chunk of my previous post, would care to respond to the rest of it - in which I foolishly try to continue this discussion with you on the future linear to channels, rather than respond with a pretty pointless post.
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Linear channels is what I said, and I have explained what I meant by that, Harry.
I have also explained that I believe the infrastructure would support the whole UK population being able to stream what they wanted to watch within 10 years, with linear CHANNELS not likely to continue to exist in 20.
Actually, despite what you say, I have tried to answer or comment on the various aspects of your incredibly long posts, but I feel we are going round in circles.
Regarding the BBC, I think it is now clear that the current government wants to abolish the BBC licence fee. My view is as it always has been, that we are likely to change to a subscription based model. The back library will be available on a PPV basis (this is already happening with BBC Store, so I was right about that). It is also possible that the government may allow advertising on the BBC, but if they go down the route of unskippable commercials, there would be an adverse reaction from the population. However, this may be an option that can be applied to viewers who take the decision not to subscribe.
To suggest that I have changed my mind on the premise of the argument is just wrong. I have answered your questions regarding different scenarios but then you incorrectly assume I have accepted your scenario and you say I've changed my mind.
Once again, I think we are just going to have to accept that we are never going to agree about this. Now we will have to wait and see.