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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Nobody is calling for anything. This will be in the hands of the TV platforms themselves. But given the trend towards streaming now, it would make sense to change the existing prominence towards the streamers rather than the (yawn) ‘conventional broadcast scheduled TV channels’, which are ultimately doomed anyway. The FAST channels will never command anywhere near the audiences of the streamers unless there is a future unforeseen innovation which captures the imagination.
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You are the one gagging for the Government to weaken legislation around protected events and ultimately remove the PSB requirements on the major terrestrial broadcasters.
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All that is required is one button that allows you to give prominence to existing TV channels and a second to streamers on set-up, which can be altered as easily as altering the profiles on the 360. Then each time you go in, you get the choice of a channel guide (if you’ve selected the first button) or the streamers if the second has been selected.
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A redesign, as I stated. Are people really too lazy to go to “apps” yer can memorise the 3 digit channels numbers of a dozen or so of their favourite channels? Inherently improbable, OB.
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As for finding programmes, all that is required is a central watchlist, which will require either the agreement of all the streamers or alternatively an intervention by Ofcom. Only Netflix appears to be causing problems over this.
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Why should the regulator intervene in the free market? Who would this intervention protect?
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I really find it difficult to grasp what it is you don’t understand. If you genuinely do have a problem in grasping this, it would help if you were more specific rather than giving me the usual cryptic comments.
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You say this when it is you who cannot answer straightforward questions such as your own definition of linear.
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Amazon and others are doing the same.
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And again, almost nobody uses these are primary devices hence your desperation to see every fledgeling app on the Sky or Virgin Media platforms.