Cable Forum - View Single Post

**Chris** · 28-07-2024, 23:10

I think the confusion lies in the fact that ‘live TV’ has long been a term used by users of ‘+’ type services, (Sky/Freeview/VM) to distinguish between watching a channel as-broadcast or catching up because you paused it to answer the door. It has much more recently arisen in this discussion as a way of trying to distinguish between a linear broadcast channel and an on-demand stream. The two uses are subtly different, but different enough to cause confusion.

28-07-2024, 23:10	#928
Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,113	Re: The future of television I think the confusion lies in the fact that ‘live TV’ has long been a term used by users of ‘+’ type services, (Sky/Freeview/VM) to distinguish between watching a channel as-broadcast or catching up because you paused it to answer the door. It has much more recently arisen in this discussion as a way of trying to distinguish between a linear broadcast channel and an on-demand stream. The two uses are subtly different, but different enough to cause confusion.