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Old 04-12-2019, 09:53   #6903
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
l agree with much of what you say as for several years Sky has been adapting their strategy in a changing marketplace with far more competition now then there was then and part of that strategy is less reliance on sport and more diversification in producing high quality content.
Agreed. I have been saying for a long time that Sky need to produce more content of their own instead of relying on (mainly American) content produced by others. Content is everything, and this, I believe, is the only way to fight the global streamers and survive in the future world.

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Of course the untimely demise of linear isn’t the only um, bold, prediction on the forum. He has, in my view mistakenly, consistently underestimated the ability of the incumbents in the pay tv market to react. In the past consistently the mantra was about how companies are going to come in and steamroller over the top.

When in practice many of us have said that the incumbents, with their huge existing revenues, profits and customer base, are well placed to adapt to the future regardless of how that looks.
Of course they can adapt, but a continuation of scheduled linear channels as now are not the way.

The BBC i-Player, as an example, is good enough for the present, but ultimately, content will be available through a relatively small number of big streamers. Something like Britbox will be where we will find most of our UK programmes in the future.
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