Thread: The future of television
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Old 22-03-2025, 00:19   #1105
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Re: The future of television
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
You are the one telling me the broadcasters all want out. As far as I can tell they can withdraw the majority of their content pretty quickly without regulatory intervention. This begs the question once more why don’t they themselves - rational capitalists - lead the retreat from DTT and push people onto streaming services for all but the required PSB content?
Well, surely, that’s the argument. When that crucial point is arrived at, they will withdraw. Why would they do that now? The contracts for DTT and satellite have a few years to go yet. The big question is, will they be renewed, and if so, for how long?

You seem to view everything in terms of the present rather than the future.
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