Thread: The future of television
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Old Yesterday, 15:05   #1255
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Re: The future of television
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Originally Posted by epsilon View Post
You do talk a lot of nonsense. Freely has introduced parallel DVB services over IP. These services are generally in HD, even when the over-the-air versions are sometimes in SD due to lack of capacity on the legacy multiplexes.
If there was any truth in your assertion that "Freely was designed to show them during this transitional phase", then surely they would have just left the traditional broadcast versions in place on Freely. The broadcasters have created a completely new infrastructure just for, wait for it...


traditional linear channels.
Your vision of the future only works if broadcasters decide to continue to support so-called linear or live TV in the future. I really don't care personally whether they do or don't but I've told you what I think.

My take on everything I've read on this subject is that only the FAST channels will ultimately survive this change.

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post

Broadcasters have done this voluntarily. If on-demand only was their preferred option, why have they contributed linear channels to Freely? No one's forcing them. Could it be that a large number of people still want to consume content this way.
Simply because they are still broadcasting live channels at the present time.
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Broadcasters will do what their audiences prefer or government and regulators mandate. The proliferation of FAST channels when a wide range of streaming services exist show they're not going away anytime soon.
The broadcasters have their minds set on broadcasting all non-live broadcasting on demand, and live broadcasting will be shown as it is presently on NOW and other streaming platforms.

As an audisnce, we don't have as much control as you think. As long as the majority use streaming as all or part of their TV consumption, the broadcasters will have the confidence to make the change they want.

The government might expect the BBC to provide a channel for the minority, but that is all.
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