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Old 24-01-2019, 08:43   #526
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
I think the problem is you simply aren't being objective about the subject matter any longer.

Of 29 threads you've started on this forum five have been pretty much pushing the same subject.

2015: https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...php?t=33699901
https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...php?t=33700639

2017: https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...php?t=33705428 - it's not exactly the same but cord cutting gets a link from Rapidtvnews of all places.

(this thread - 2017) https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...php?t=33705051

2018: https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...php?t=33707196
which was closed because you keep opening threads on the same thing.
https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...8&postcount=27

Your previous link which referenced the Superbowl was discredited because the number of people intending to view the game was in no way comparable with the proportion of the US population who actually do.

However, it presented a further problem, which favours the continued existence of traditional TV. Those who watch events (not just sporting events) and interact with social media, WhatsApp, friends rely on doing so simultaneously which only broadcast linear television can supply. That's gold to advertisers seeking a demographic during programming like I'm a Celebrity, X Factor, Britain's Got Talent, etc.

Your own example from NBC I have demonstrated as Comcast selling their content end to end via other Comcast companies. You haven't demonstrated how it is distinguishable from an existing Comcast product - Now TV - or that it doesn't favour Sky remaining the market leader in this country.
The threads I've started have changed the emphasis on the nature of the debate. For example, the decline of linear channels is not the same as the trend in the US to skinny bundles, and cord cutting has a different emphasis again. The reason I started the 'future of tv' thread which got closed was because I wanted to talk about the changes that may be coming but not necessarily focussing on linear TV. How all this leads you to conclude a lack of objectivity I don't get! What it does indicate is a consistent interpretation of the links I find.

You often talk about the future by referencing current viewing habits and you cite this as a reason things won't change in the future, which is an odd way of looking it it when the trends and developments in technology scream out the opposite.

You have a valid point in drawing attention to streaming problems currently, but again you are ignoring the fact that latency is one of the issues that they are working on now. The BBC has been doing a lot of work on this and a link I posted a while ago indicated that they now knew what to do to deal with this problem.

Incidentally, I am not saying as you suggest that Sky is on its way out, just that it will have to adapt, and that is exactly what it is doing. With Comcast taking the reins, this can only help Sky.
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