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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
It does beg the question as to why the channels are encouraging people to use the streamers by ensuring that all episodes of a new series can be seen before the whole series has been shown on the TV channels. They are all at it, with ITV even withholding new originals from their main channel, until a certain amount of time has passed when it has been exclusive to ITVX.
There is a definite push towards streaming, and those who doubt what I’ve been saying about where all this is leading need to address the alternative reason for this blatant encouragement, because it certainly eludes me.
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It’s funny how the answer is on the tip of your tongue but you can’t bring yourself to say it. It’s the same thing that will give linear, and broadcast, television a far longer lifespan than you propose. They are responding to consumer demand and able to accommodate both.
Since the advent of the first generation TiVo on the United States broadcasters have been looking for ways to stop consumers skipping adverts. Streaming is the Trojan horse by which it can be delivered.