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Originally Posted by Hugh
Do you have a link to that, please? The latest statement of direction (September 2023) I can find from the BBC (and ITV and Paramount) seems to contradict that, by stating they would, as part of the change of delivery method, still supply the existing channels over streaming…
https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2023...-streaming-age |
This was published in December 2022.
https://www.theguardian.com/media/20...rector-general
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Davie said the BBC was committed to live broadcasting but Britons should prepare for the closure of many standalone channels and radio stations by the 2030s: “Over time this will mean fewer linear broadcast services and a more tailored joined-up online offer.”
The future will involve “bringing the BBC together in a single offer”, possibly in the form of one app combining everything from television programmes to local news coverage and educational material. This could ultimately see the end of distinct brands such as BBC One or BBC Radio 4, although the programmes they currently air could continue online.
I see Freely as being an intermediate step towards a streaming only future. I acknowledge that you see it differently.
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Originally Posted by jfman
Who says we have anywhere to go?
You view linear television, which you struggle to define, as a problem to ‘solve’ despite the fact it’s watched by millions of people day in, day out, generating revenues and returning profits to shareholders.
Even going so far as propose Government intervention to either weaken public service broadcasting, mandate public service television over streaming or a combination of both.
The rest of us - rational consumers in the marketplace - are mere observers noting that in the absence of any meaningful benefit to the companies involved there is no reason to not continue all forms of broadcast across all technologies.
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I accept that you have a mental block on any notion of change, jfman, so I am not going around in yet another circle. The arguments have all been had. Just stand back and watch what happens.