Thread: The future of television
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Old 29-07-2024, 12:52   #934
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Re: The future of television
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Originally Posted by spiderplant View Post
I do, often. If someone reports a fault when playing back a recording, or while watching On Demand, I'll ask them "Does it also do it on live TV?". I can't think of a clearer way that would be generally understood.


They won't. Most people don't know or care how their television is delivered as long as it works when they switch it on.

Stream, and the FAST channels, are IPTV already. It doesn't make people think "ooh, I must watch on demand".
No, you are missing the point. On IPTV you will have the choice in front of you. Scheduled TV or on demand. It’s which the majority of people choose that will be the deciding factor.

So you are waiting for the next episode of your favourite drama. Do you choose to wait two hours or do you select it now?

At present everything is geared so that scheduled TV is the first thing you see when you switch on - the apps are separate and you have to get into them before you can access their content.

In the future, the menu would look quite different. Think BBC I-Player, NOW and Pluto TV. Do you ever head for live TV from those apps? Why watch programmes from half way through when you can see them from the beginning?

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
There’s nothing pedantic about trying to avoid you conflating two separate things - linear television which (although the vast majority of it is consumed over terrestrial, satellite or cable) isn’t technology dependant and the end of terrestrial, satellite and DVB-C cable broadcasts in favour of IP based solutions (which can be both linear or on demand).

You could actually end the conversation right now by clarifying.
I don’t know what your problem is, jfman, because you are being very obtuse. My view of the future is stated over and over in this and other threads. If you don’t understand what I am saying by now, you never will.
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