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Re: The future for linear TV channels
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Anything that puts costs onto the BBC is immediately one that is taxpayer subsidised. Similarly, project gigabit is subsidising internet rollout, and question 18 leaves open the question of subsidised internet connections.

The taxpayer is very much going to be on the hook for the cost of this for no net benefit. Everyone - even OB now agrees - that linear television lives on in an IP world.
Well done in keeping the myth of what I believe alive. Conventional TV channels will disappear, whatever you say and you know full well you are just trolling.

As for the BBC, your comment is only true while the existing financial model survives.
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