Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 23-05-2020, 17:38   #1348
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
To be honest, whether it's by broadband, cable, aerial or satellite, most sport is viewed live and live = linear.
You can also watch live on the BBC i-Player. There is nothing magical that restricts live viewing to a conventional TV channel.

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Why is Eleven Sports' failure not relevant? Because it doesn't fit your prediction of a long march to a glorious streaming future?
I didn't say it was 'not relevant', Chris, I said it was 'no more relevant' than the fate of Setanta.

Just because one company fails does not mean another company cannot make it work.

Sky very nearly went under in the early days.

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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
Yes - in this thread, post #303 from 2018.



But 5 years ago, in another thread.
You seem to suggest that the message has changed?

It hasn't. My view is, and has been for the last five years, that our conventional channels will be no more by 2035.

I accept that some don't buy that. However, I have not yet read anything that makes me inclined to change my mind.
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