Thread: The future of television
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Old 06-04-2025, 15:35   #1145
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Re: The future of television
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Have they? According to every list I see there’s plenty of channels on DTT and satellite on a discretionary basis that could be withdrawn tomorrow if rational capitalists in the marketplace chose to do so.

I have every confidence rational capitalists will continue to do so far beyond 2035.



Starmer’s government is unpopular enough without telling millions of people they need to pony up for internet services they don’t want or need to watch television.
If the main PSB channels and their offshoots are missing from the EPG, there won’t be much to watch, will there? What kind of audience do you predict they will get?

The reality is, there will just be more shopping channels, channels showing old programmes and films and some music channels. While they will attract an audience, it will be a relatively small one, and the costs of transmitting them will not be met by the income these channels will bring in when the big hitters leave. It will simply not be worth it.

So, jfman, you’re the self proclaimed economist - how do you see the figures stacking up?

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Not for the first time, you sound like one of those futurology picture books you used to be able to buy from the Puffin Book Club at school.

The sort that breezily assured us we’d have an android maid bustling round every respectable home by now.

I had a copy of this one, published in 1978. I loved it. But most of its contents turned out to be utter gonads.
It’s a shame you seem to be completely unable to address the points made when it comes to debating this subject.
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