David Boucher still embraces the idea of VM as a super-aggregator, which is reassuring. However, VM is currently behind the curve - they need to get a move on.
https://advanced-television.com/2021...pp-aggregator/
David Bouchier, Chief TV & Entertainment Officer at UK multiplay operator Virgin Media O2, has suggested the service is still working with the same content providers, but
whereas previously it was an aggregator of pay-TV channels, it was becoming an aggregator of SVoD apps.
This won’t please the diehards, but at least it does seem to suggest that Virgin are not currently considering abandoning the TV side of their business.
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Originally Posted by jfman
IPTV services have EPGs. That's how people view what's available to them now, alongside other menus that make available lists of what is available on demand. |
Where is the EPG for Netflix, Prime, Apple+, StarzPlay, etc? None of these SVODs have EPGs - instead, they have categories.
There’s nothing to stop any of these services from providing EPGs if they want to, just as Now and Pluto do now. However, I think most SVOD providers won’t bother with that.