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Old 13-02-2021, 22:13   #1653
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
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.



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



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.
Well, jfman, I think you are the master of obfuscation! I am using everyday language, and if you find that difficult to compute, that’s your problem.

You may deride the links I provide, but the fact remains that your responses are your own opinions, unsupportive of any links at all.

I am not sure which yes/no answers you are referring to. Perhaps you should remind us. I have always tried my best to answer questions posed on here, even those posed with malice.

As for conflating linear channels with IPTV, you are the confused one here. I have consistently said that the existing broadcast scheduled TV channels will be replaced by IPTV, and that it will no longer make sense to present channels as ‘BBC1, BBC2’ and ‘ITV1, ITV2’ etc. Programmes will be categorised instead. That is all. Yes, it’s just TV, but TV will be presented differently.

I have acknowledged that there may be some minority IPTV channels as they exist on Pluto, and if you think that justifies your argument, so be it. I have never denied that these may exist in the future. However, the main broadcasters will not look at that as any kind of solution.

You may have four streaming services, and well done you. But that argument does not make the comments you have made any more relevant.
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