Thread: The future of television
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Old 14-12-2022, 19:20   #599
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Re: The future of television
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Interestingly, had OB read ISP Review beyond simply plucking a headline that suits his narrative there's a couple of worrying signs for commercial broadband deployment in the UK.

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.ph...hallenges.html

Very low penetration rates, ouch.

Now nobody really disputes it'll get there, or that viewing over time will migrate towards online. As I've pointed out before - linear over the internet is still linear. Although I doubt it'll go all online as soon as predicted in any case. The infrastructure simply won't be there in particular in rural areas.
Linear over the internet is indeed linear, but I‘ve never queried that. I said that the linear ‘channels’ like BBC1, 2, 3, 4 will disappear. Linear broadcasts obviously won’t because then you wouldn’t be able to get live news and sport, for example.

I agree that if the government misses its broadband rollout targets, we won’t be likely to achieve the end of linear channels by 2035.

Incidentally, I should clarify that we may still have FAST channels if they can be commercially viable, but these are different. They tend to show old programmes in the main and are often focussed on certain limited types of programme or personalities. I can’t see them lasting that long, to be honest, but you never know. I certainly don’t expect any of them to enjoy mass audiences or even audiences that are anywhere near as large as even our minor channels.
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