Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 10-08-2018, 09:38   #354
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Live tv is linear in nature regardless of how it’s delivered - even when it’s carried on a stream over the internet. If and when the U.K. has sufficient infrastructure to deliver HD streams to every household simultaneously (we are many years away from having either the network or the power generation capability to do it), the need for certain events to be shown as they happen will ensure linear TV never really goes away.
Linear TV in its technical meaning will certainly never go away because that is live TV. However, most people when they refer to linear tv are talking about our conventionally broadcast channels, and they now have a limited lifespan..
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