[Horizon]

Perhaps a reminder as to why we have all these channels to begin with, and with most things, it stems from what happened in America in the 80's.

The media cos wanted to make as much money out of their shows as possible, hence the term syndication. So, by creating all the cable channels, it gave them places to put their older shows on. But as the channels started to grow in popularity, it cannibalised the viewing figures for the big networks, especially when new shows were put on the cable channels to keep interest in them.

As, I've said it before in other threads, I see all this as going full circle. Streaming services will now take the place of the multitude of cable/satellite channels and possibly leave a small core of broadcast channels left which may ultimately become stronger again.