Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 14-02-2021, 00:05   #1660
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
In which case you’ve shifted the goalposts - again.

Businesses ending a service because they’ve made acquisitions and have an opportunity to avoid duplication has been going on since forever. It never makes financial sense for one company to do the same thing twice over. That says nothing whatsoever about the viability of the service itself. You might have noticed that the channel owner isn’t getting out of broadcast tv. They’re just ending a product line.
Well, yes. But the fact remains that another channel has deactivated because on financial grounds it doesn’t make sense to continue to broadcast it. Despite the fact that, according to jfman, it only costs buttons to run a TV channel.

As streamers gain ascendency, you will see more channels go to the wall. It’s all finance driven, one way or the other. Watch and learn.

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Question: If someone was casting BT Sport 1 from the iOS app to a Chromecast would you describe them as watching linear television? Would they be streaming? Would they be both?

I await your reply.[COLOR="Silver"]

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Er, who cares? This has nothing to do with my argument, at all!
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