[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Honestly, jfman, listen to yourself! You have set the bar so high, that even if one linear channel remains in 15 years, you will claim that you have won the argument! I don’t think that many on here, even your supporters, would agree with that.

Old Boy you can't have the end of linear television if there's even one channel. It is only you who has spoken in such absolute terms for years. Everyone accepts there will be less linear channels as more people move to streaming and internet based services. The two parts open to dispute are the extent and the timeline.

I have given plenty of links to support my claims, and you have given us only your opinions. I am not contradicting myself at all, no matter how many times you say it. The existing conventional scheduled TV channels will cease to exist. That is the thrust of my argument, and you continue to try to muddy the waters with technical definitions of what constitutes a linear channel, etc.

You'll find every one of those links is just an opinion!

I have tried really hard to put across what I believe will be the future of TV, and you are still so wrapped up in disbelief, you try to throw all this ‘technical’ confusion around just to be argumentative. We all see through you, old chap, and trying to diss me by attempting to have people believe that I am changing my position on this does you no credit. My position remains the same, no matter how you try to confuse issues.

So, play with your channel numbers as much as you like, and make the most of it. The future is the internet. You heard it here first...

As I've pointed out on many occasions I have 4 different streaming services. So there's no need to personalise this to my TV viewing habits. I'm happy to acknowledge I'm not representative of the average television viewer.

Old Boy far from being 'technical confusion' it's key to your argument. You conflate linear television and IPTV, scheduled television and on demand to obfuscate your point so often I genuinely believe it can only be deliberate and not the result of innocent confusion.

What distinguishes these "Pluto TV" type services from say, the viewing experience someone has using "TV from Sky" on a Playstation? Is someone watching "TV from Sky" on a Playstation, watching Sky Sports Main Event for example, watching 'linear television' in your scenario?

I've asked you for straightforward yes or no answers to broadly equivalent questions on numerous occasions and you evade and obfuscate.