Thread: The future of television
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Old 02-08-2024, 20:28   #958
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Re: The future of television
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
So why are you unhappy? Maybe if we can get to the crux of that it’d spare us these circuitous threads?

What’s so special about Virgin Stream over their standard TV packages with recording features?
I am not ‘unhappy’! Where are you getting these views from?

I am excited by the changes coming, but you are petrified. Why?

All I am doing is describing what I believe will soon be reality and drawing attention to the fact that we are getting towards that place.

Virgin Stream has the attraction of providing most of the popular streamers, with a watchlist, without having to pay for the TV channels. Haven’t I always described this as what I wanted to happen?

The reason I like this is because I have a lot of choice of what I want to watch, with no restriction of when I can watch it.

Your views as expressed on here appear to be steeped in the past. I understand that that is how you think, but it won’t stop the streamers from continuing to advance at the expense of the TV channels.

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
I don’t think those who can’t get adequate broadband speeds are thinking that, to be fair. Everything is on demand for everyone who wants it in any case. There’s no benefit to ditching traditional tv channels for some time.

Just spent a few days at a holiday park in Cumbria. Wi-fi varied between 4 and 20 meg, 4G got 20-30. Enough to support a handful of “streaming” users at most.
You are ignoring the fact that everything is becoming geared to streaming. The main British TV channels are promoting it and preparing for an all-streaming future.

Certain audiences may struggle with broadband speeds initially, but that will be sorted, and frankly, I cannot see TV companies want to continue having two methods of broadcasting, whatever some viewers and jfman think.
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