Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 28-11-2020, 11:46   #1564
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
The reporter clearly isn't reporting what was said - hence they did not use quotation marks or attribute a quote to that end. They are offering their own input/analysis and no such law suit, on such an uncontroversial topic, would be considered a reasonable or proportionate response.

"The future" being streaming doesn't equate to the end of linear broadcasting entirely. Nobody, at any point, on the forum has contested that the way people are consuming content is changing or that as companies chase revenues/profits they will have to shift their content delivery in a way that suits these habits.

That doesn't equate to the end of linear, scheduled broadcasting over DTT, cable or satellite (or even IPTV - I'm completely agnostic on the technology). You know this already. I wouldn't consider myself losing any such argument - I've set the extremely low bar throughout where if a single linear channel exists in 2035 I'm proven right. With Amazon and Netflix testing a linear channel I think there's life in them for a good while yet.
I am not saying that Pluto-like TV channels won’t exist on streamers. What I am saying is that all those channels we currently pick up via the airwaves, over satellite and through our cable services will disappear in time, in favour of Netflix-like, content based VOD interfaces. Pluto-like channels may well exist on streamers, but they will be serving a minority interest - most people will not bother with them, and that’s why the TV channels broadcast traditionally will die out. In my opinion of course. Other opinions are available.

You may be technology-agnostic, but surely this is what the debate is all about.

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The link doesn't back up what you think no matter how often you repeat that it does. It's a clear selective interpretation that you've deployed as you continue to clutch at straws.

No matter where Channel 4s priorities go or where they are extracting revenues from they simply will not give up the fourth most prominent EPG slot.
The EPG will not be relevant in years to come. All of your answers appear to be based on nothing changing. OK, I accept that’s your point of view. Good luck with that.
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