Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 02-03-2021, 16:36   #1706
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20...adcast-channel



Oh look, actual paid research, as opposed to the wishful thinking of some bored old geezer on the internet.
But they are ‘light users of the BBC’. It’s in that very quote.

The Culture Minister is set on converting the licence fee to a subscription model, which will confound all those who deny vehemently that VOD is the future.

https://www.tvbeurope.com/business/w...peed-broadband

Despite having previously said scrapping the BBC’s licence fee is “politically impossible”, culture minister John Whittingdale has again mooted the idea that it could be axed when the current Royal Charter ends in 2027.

Speaking in parliament, Whittingdale said the rise of the streamers and the fall in young viewers watching live BBC channels meant the licence fee was becoming harder to justify.

Whittingdale added that the licence fee could not be scrapped “whilst a significant proportion of the population relies on Freeview” to watch the BBC.

“The technology needs to be capable of delivering video on demand to everyone,” he added. “The technology does not allow it now. We will in a few years reach universal coverage and then it will be possible to introduce subscription services as an element of the funding.”

Supporting the petition, Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis said: “I agreed the licence fee should be scrapped at the next Charter Review. The Government should also decriminalise non-payment.”
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