Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 09-11-2020, 07:35   #1504
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
Except it was Pay-TV vs streaming, and over a 3rd of households in the U.K. just use Terrestrial TV.
True, but as I have pointed out before, we are looking at the trends, an increasing choice of OTT services (including free advertisement supported services) and super-fast broadband being rolled out across the country, together with an increase of new material being shown on a 'Direct to Consumer' basis, leading to the erosion of quality content available to TV channels over time.The recent abolition of Disney channels except by way of their streamer and Disney's decision to concentrate their content on Disney +, with the clear threat to the future of Sky Cinema Disney, is an example of this. As the quality of content declines and the number of channels on Freeview reduces due to the inevitable decline in advertising revenue, this will encourage the use of OTT services, particularly the free ones.

I get the counter-arguments. However, in my view, the constant stream of evidence coming through that supports my take on this is a fact that is not easily and credibly discounted.
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