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Old 11-11-2020, 10:14   #8190
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by spiderplant View Post
... watch it on broadcast TV instead.
As a Virgin customer if you want Sky Atlantic, you can’t do that.

However, my point is that if, as I suspect, we are all on IPTV in future, and you are into a service which offers a platform similar to Now TV with all your programmes set out in front of you, why would you choose to go to the live tv section? I know that some would, but I believe they would be a small minority.

It would be interesting to know the viewing patterns on Now TV, I think that would be very revealing.

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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
Can I ask - what are ‘channels’?

Are they like channels?
Well, Hugh, some people are so pedantic, they will have a field day with terminology if the word can mean several things. Look at the fuss that cropped up over my reference to ‘linear channels’ which was the phrase being commonly used to describe the conventional broadcast channels back in the day. I was chastised for the presumed inability to understand that you can watch live TV via other platforms such as the BBC I-Player, which was not true.

That word ‘channels’ has a wider meaning than simply the broadcast TV channels, but of course you will already be aware of that, so I’m not going to indulge you.
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