Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 27-06-2019, 07:39   #952
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Aggregation is what we have now. Which is it I’m confused, will platforms continue to dominate or independent streamers? If it’s aggregators, why won’t Liberty and Comcast be best placed to do this?
I think platforms will dominate because most people will find it useful to have everything in one place. So I believe that is the future for Sky, Virgin Media, BT, etc.

It will be interesting to see what happens to the fortunes of streamers such as Roku because I cannot see them offering bundles of streamers for a cheaper price, but who knows? Things may change.

Roku does offer a huge range of streaming services which some may find attractive, but although all of this fascinates me, I rarely watch anything on my Roku apart from Now TV (for Sky Atlantic shows). There is no reason, of course, why Sky, VM and BT cannot also offer a huge range of streamers, although there doesn't seem to be any sign of that happening so far as they concentrate on only the most popular of these. If they did so, Roku could sink.
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