Originally Posted by OLD BOY

You're going around in circles.

Our traditional TV channels I believe will no longer exist. Instead, the content will be streamed, and that includes live TV. You can watch live TV on the BBC i-Player right now, so that isn't a difficult concept to understand.

The scripted content and other pre-recorded material will be presented by category (eg documentaries, dramas, etc) rather than by 'TV channel'. That is what streamers do now, so again, that is pretty straight forward.

Pluto TV has tried combining the scheduled TV channels concept with streaming, but I notice that they are now giving more prominence to video on demand, probably because they now realise that this is the way most people prefer to view their Pluto content.

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I've explained the use of that word on many occasions, Hugh. Five years ago, there were press reports about linear TV potentially disappearing, which is why I started the thread, but by 'linear' they meant our existing TV channels such as BBC1.

I agree the use of that word was misleading, but it was common parlence at the time for scheduled broadcast channels.

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Heaven forbid we will start talking details, jfman - you wouldn't be able to cope with it.

Why you are struggling with the concept of TV channels being converted to VOD on streamers is a mystery to me.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Linear TV is live in the sense that we are watching it as it is being broadcast. That’s why it is often described as ‘live TV’.