[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

You are missing the point. You keep asking the same questions and making the same points and not listening to the answers. I agree that the word 'linear' was not an appropriate word to use because streaming is also linear. It was a shorthand for our conventional TV channels used by the media. In their minds, it was the difference between those channels and on demand, which is not linear.

So, in the future, in my view, the choice will be mainly between a huge selection of videos which you can select as required, and streaming for live TV. There may well be some streamers, like Pluto and Now TV, that also offer channels as they do now, but this type of viewing will not appeal to the majority and will not capture a mass audience. Our main TV channels like BBC and ITV will present their offerings in much the same way as Britbox does, but I don't think that the i-Player will break up their offerings by channel, but by category. Live TV will be accessible through streams available on the OTT application itself, and this will be the linear option.

I have said all this before, but if something is confusing you, tell me what it is and I'll answer it.

I’m unsure of the value in asking you further questions as you’ve not answered the last one.

I’ve now spent part of the last day and a half reading your posts and getting contradicted by Chris, Hugh and others and it still isn’t obvious to me your position on technology agnostic linear television - in line with the OFCOM definition above - where someone could click a button on an app, or go to a number on an EPG, and watch endless content as scheduled by a broadcaster. This content would be in no way tailored to them - an almost unlimited number of people could go to the same channel/app and watch the same scheduled programming at the exact same time.

So please clarify will this exist in your vision of 20x5? This could be delivered by absolutely anyone - Netflix, Sky, Amazon, BBC, ITV, etc.

I’ve put in bold the key part. The stream broadcasts continuously to a schedule, decided by the broadcaster, 24 hours per day. Everyone watching it at the exact same time sees the exact same thing

Will this exist - yes or no?