Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 22-09-2020, 21:22   #1457
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
Views by streaming on Samsung TVs is overtaking linear viewing. As the number of people buying smart TVs increases, I would expect this trend to gather pace.

https://advanced-television.com/2020...ar-viewership/

---------- Post added at 17:39 ---------- Previous post was at 17:24 ----------

...And in the meantime, the BBC confirms there will be no more linear channels from the Corporation.

https://www.mediamole.co.uk/entertai...rs_412844.html
No, he didn’t...

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"We will not propose to take any further DAB or traditional TV channel capacity for our services.

"If we want to launch a new offer, and we will consider our options, it would need to use the current space.
If they launched a new channel, it would have to use existing capacity...

From your first link
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According to Samsung, it is important to note that in the UK, linear TV viewing time has grown in the first half of 2020 (+11 per cent increase in hours per TV per day), but it has been outpaced by the growth in TV streaming (+36 per cent).
I wonder what happened in the first six months of this year that caused people to watch more TV?
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