Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 16-01-2019, 09:34   #491
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
This article predicts that linear programmes via Freeview will still be around in 2042!

https://ukfree.tv/article/1107052541...eview_in_2042_

It predicts that those under 24 will abandon linear TV by 2027, those between 25 and 44 will abandon it by 2035 and those over 45 will be the ones still using the system.
I can understand where the author of this article is coming from, but drawing a straight line from where we are now is not the way to be certain about the future. He or she completely disregards the increasing financial problems the scheduled linear TV channels will encounter as the income from advertising drops off because viewers are changing their habits. Resistence by some to on demand programming will wear away quicker as this becomes the norm in society.

I stick by my prediction. The old channels will be dead by 2035. I say again, the BBC is working on the assumption that they will be gone by 2038 at the maximum, so I don't think I'm far off, do you?
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