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Old 03-08-2024, 21:40   #962
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Re: The future of television

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
Am I correct in saying that if there is a problem today, it can never, ever, be sorted tomorrow?

We’ve been told that we cannot produce enough energy to support increased streaming, that streamers are not the future, that TV channels will go on forever, and what do we see?

The fact that not quite everyone gets broadband at the moment and that some have to put up with very low speeds is accepted, but why do you consider such things to be insurmountable? And as for electricity, that has long been scotched.

TV channels are set to be closed down, and increased content is going to the streamers instead. We are living in a world of change, where anything is possible.

---------- Post added at 19:59 ---------- Previous post was at 19:43 ----------


Where have I said I’m unhappy? Certainly, I dislike having to pay for TV channels when I get most content from streamers, but that is a temporary bugbear.

I am well aware that you also subscribe to streamers, which frankly appears to be a contradiction for you as you moan about them all the time.

I don’t know why it is that you cannot see that if I ditch the TV channels, I will be saving money! I have the Maxit package with Sky Cinema, by the way.

Your arguments sound desperate to me. Why are you telling me that some streamers also carry ‘live’ TV? Do you not realise that most people know that, and what’s it got to do with anything? We are in a transitional period and so of course, like Freely, we are being offered the choice. That will not last, of course, but I understand you cannot get your head around that.

As for your last comment, if TV channels are switched off, that choice will no longer exist. Just ask the ITV CEO!
No one (except you as a straw man argument) has ever said that - the difference of opinion is that most people see a blended future (streaming and TV channels), whilst you insist ad infinitum that "there can be only one!




Also, you seem to be missing out the PSB remit in this "streaming only" future…
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