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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
The original prediction that linear TV channels would reduce in number within five years has not happened.
I don't think anyone disputes that the number of linear channels may be at its peak. The dispute has always been over the timescales.
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Indeed.
It will take several more years for the old model of doing things to unravel. Currently, the Hollywood companies have deals with each other to share content on each other's services and with broadcasters all over the world. Those deals will take time to run their course and then we'll see what happens next.
If each company keeps its own content on its own services and with the rise of the streamers, it should mean a lot less complicated media landscape in the future as each company turns in on itself and shuts out all the others.