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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
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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So linear channels in all but name will exist.
Do you even know what the Government targets are for broadband rollout, OB?
It’s an important distinction OB that your belief has an ever increasing number of caveats while the rest of us are comfortable in our own analysis as we have been throughout. Too many dependencies - public and private sector investment, regulatory intervention and consumer behaviour are required to hit a target we believe is wholly unrealistic.