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Old 01-03-2018, 14:10   #3019
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Re: General Sky TV Discussion

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Originally Posted by denphone View Post
l thought your analysis was that TV companies were dead in the water and will die and be replaced by the streaming giants in these coming years?.
No, I said the owners of broadcast and pay tv channels had to embrace the changes in the viewing habits of the nation or die.

Sky have clearly recognised this, as have even the BBC, and as long as they move with the times they should both survive.

In the future, instead of having hundreds of TV channels set out on the EPG, both Sky and Virgin will have a library of on demand services available to their customers. This will comprise existing VOD/catch-up services (although they would no longer be called 'catch up'), subscription services including Sky's own content under their own name, together with a range of other on demand/streaming services from Netflix, Amazon, Curzon, Filmstruck, etc. We can expect many more of these to spring up before long, such as Disney, HBO, etc.

These are truly exciting times as we move to this new era of TV, which will give us access to far more choice, so we can decide for ourselves whether to watch quality programming rather than junk.

In my view, there is a spoiler in the woods. What if the controllers of the cloud made all programmes available from all sources via subscription or on demand? I don't think that will happen, and it would require legislation to achieve it except on a voluntary basis, but unless the broadcasters adapt, their hands might be forced in order to give the population what they want.

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Originally Posted by pip08456 View Post
Are SKY not gearing up to become a streaming company?

https://www.techradar.com/news/sky-p...ing-takes-over

Fits totally to OB's analysis.
Absolutely, pip.
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