Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 24-02-2019, 19:24   #576
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
I access Amazon Prime and Netflix directly on my Samsung TV. I can also access a handful of other streaming apps if I choose. A firmware update later this year should also add Apple TV to the line up. I don’t pay a subscription to Sky or Virgin for any bundles. I just buy what I want and, OB, if the future is truly on-demand as you argue, that’s the only way it’s going to work.

If Sky or Virgin have to bundle streaming services for those services to survive, those services have no more right to survive than the bundled linear channels that only exist because they’re thrust under your nose as part of a bundle.
I accept that there are alternative ways of viewing streaming services. I do this already, with my V6, my Amazon Fire stick, my Roku stick and my smart TV.

The way I see it is that by bundling streaming services, having one search facility and one watchlist for all of those services, there will be added value for the customer. It is far too tiresome to go to each streamer separately to look for content. I'm not saying that such bundling is to enable the streaming services to survive. What I am saying is that bundling will have advantages for the customer.

I see, by the way, that despite the dead hand of the Competition Commission, BBC and ITV are getting together to put in place an SVOD streaming service.

https://inews.co.uk/news/entertainme...classic-shows/
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