Thread: The future of television
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Old 25-08-2024, 20:06   #1047
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Re: The future of television
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
It is indeed.

The question is why would the last decade - where streaming and on demand made a modest gain of around 15% - be any different from the next decade?

“The streamers” are getting more expensive, and investing less in content, today than they did last year and the year before as shareholders demand returns. There is no longer a commitment to throw money into a bottomless pit.

The advert laden, higher cost, proposition of 2025 will be less appealing than that of 2020. New markets tend to plateau over time. That time very well could be now for “the streamers”.

It will be somewhat ironic as your posts pivot to the realisation that if your prediction is to have any potential at all it’ll be on the coat tails of Sky’s success. Despite many previous predictions of the “deep pockets” streamers blowing them out the water.
Because the broadcasters are moving to IPTV.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Not really. It's not about how one person consumes content but the supply and demand forces at play. I don't
believe the point I made had been made before in the thread.

I don't think your reply repudiates my point.

(For what it's worth, I consume most of my content by streaming.)
It's not a valid argument, jfman. We are in the hands of the broadcasters.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Thanks for the clarification. This definitely seems more like a circular thread than a linear one.

For what it's worth, I thought a good evolution of TV from linear to streaming came with YouView. It was a smooth transition rather than the more sudden jump from a TV schedule to a variety of streaming apps.

Missed a TV programme? Just scroll back to when it started and watch it. If the rights holder or channel does not provide it on-demand or you prefer to, then you can pre-record it and still watch it from the EPG. Prefer to watch through the apps directly or go straight to your recordings? You can do both of those too.
Linear may work for you, but if the option is no longer there, what then?

Well, you use the alternative provided, of course.

Why is this concept so difficult for you all to grasp?
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