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Old 15-01-2019, 19:06   #483
jfman
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
And yet, here comes another one. This does not seem to be going the way you are seeing things, jfman. The streaming services are increasing in number and will take over from the pay tv channels, providing more choice for less.

Sky knows it. The BBC knows it. Both are planning ahead for that very eventuality.

https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2019...nclude-europe/
NBCUniversal, 100% owned by Comcast, is making an app available to Comcast subscribers and Sky (another company 100% owned by Comcast) subscribers in Europe.

So essentially I can buy more Comcast owned products in a slightly different way if I wanted to. Or in this case the same way as I can (and do) buy Now TV. Another Comcast product.

I’d say this is closer to how I described the future in post #476 except they already have significant market share and this makes them even less likely to lose out to new entrants.
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