Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 23-01-2019, 18:31   #524
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post

It’s not for me, or anyone else on this thread, to prove that tried and tested profitable business models for free to air, or pay tv, will stand up.

Millions of households consume their television this way, including the vast majority of those who additionally subscribe to streaming services.

Advertising models have survived Sky+ and TiVo based products becoming the standard. The burden is on streaming to challenge the market, not the other way round. Sky are the best placed company to provide any such services in the future and at present have no intention of moving beyond a combination of both.
There is obviously no compulsion to corroborate your views, but if you keep challenging people who do, without adding links or anything else to justify your position, then I am sure that readers of this forum will make their own judgements on negative contributions.

Nobody is challenging what is happening right now, and indeed millions are still watching linear TV, but the trends are already beginning to confirm predictions being made in respect of the future.
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