Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 13-02-2021, 20:46   #1649
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
I'm quite sure you'll find that, throughout this entire debate, I've never put a precise figure on how many linear channels would persist at the end of your 15/20 year timeframe so by definition one would suffice.
And that, of course is what I was alluding to. One surviving channel would be claimed as a victory for you, but everyone else with any common sense will take my view of the future to be a darned sight more accurate than yours. The extremely high bar you have set simply shows the extent of your desperation to be proved right.

The essential issue for me is that conventional scheduled TV channels will simply not be necessary in (now) 15 years' time. Everything will be on the internet, and having programmes grouped by channel will be ridiculous. They may be grouped by category, and that would make sense, but by channel? Why?

Pluto type channels will continue as long as people keep watching them but I think audience figures will be low. I notice that even Pluto are making on demand selections more prominent now, and I can understand why.

Anyway, it will all come out in the wash, as they say. Let's just watch and learn. I won't say I told you so in 15 years' time (if I am still here). I'll let you figure that out for yourself.
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