Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 17-01-2019, 18:34   #503
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
I can’t find anyone predicting the demise of Sky Two, or any suggestions that BSkyB plan to reduce the number of owned and operated linear channels in the UK in the near to mid term future.

One must always beware media analysts predicting a bright and shiny future. Remember, journalists in this field are selling a product - themselves. Nobody wants to read articles about a bland, ordinary and unexceptional future therefore there has to be a few lines to make the world seem more exciting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4184479.stm

Here’s the death knell for linear television from 2005.
It's a slow death, old chap. It will happen.
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