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Old 07-08-2019, 19:01   #5899
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Ah so the broadcasters will go... Once the viewers give up. Yet you can't say when that will happen, as demonstrated time and again the most popular content remains on linear TV and the original broadcast gets most hits.

I don't think dismissing parental concern, as you just have, is reasonable. I think it actually shows, somewhat unsurprisingly, how out of touch you are. It's little wonder you see a narrow and bleak future given you can't understand the complex depth of viewing choices.

I think it's pathetic that statistically one in fifty people currently streaming from the'vast and wide range of content available are watching Friends. All day every day, the same rubbish getting peddled over and over.
Parental concern? Talk about twisting it! I never suggested you'd park a senile relative in front of YouTube, did I? You thought that one up all by yourself!

Of course I cannot tell exactly when sufficient viewers will give up on traditional TV for the channel executives to call it a day! There is no magic formula to make such a prediction. However we can see the viewing trend away from the TV channels and the increasing take-up of streaming services, so I think I'm pretty safe in saying that most if not all of them will have disappeared by 2035. They will simply become economically unviable.

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What was your point? The highest proportion of TV viewing is done in this manner, not just in this nation but around the globe.
That's clearly not right. Most people do not just watch TV in such a comatose fashion. The remotes are pretty well used from what I have seen.
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