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Originally Posted by jfman
Even if it were just around the corner you still need to evolve consumer behaviour radically to make linear tv not commercially viable. It’s all the same companies pushing the same content at you in a slightly different way.
Hayu, cited above, is owned by NBCUniversal and we know where that web ends.
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Linear TV will cease to be viable when the income from advertising no longer supports it. I'm not sure what you mean with your Hayu comment.
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Originally Posted by jfman
14 years ago VOD launched and it’s biggest proponents NTL and Telewest sold that as the end of linear TV.
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They meant the beginning of the end. It takes a while to catch on, and of course the amount of on demand content was very limited until recently. Now it is becoming the preferred means of viewing in a fast growing number of households.
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Those out of work? The disabled? People who just find the current EPG convenient?
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I can't believe you said that! Are you saying that people out of work are incapable of understanding how digital TV works? I would say to you that most disabled people are capable of coping with the technology and most of those who cannot will have carers to help them.
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Originally Posted by jfman
Users who wanted to eliminate watching broadcast television altogether could through timeshifting on DVR or existing libraries of on demand content. To that extent streaming isn’t bringing anything new to the table, it’s just delivered using different technology from on demand.
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Yes, they could, but you are ignoring the simple fact that the programmes accessible through the streaming services are becoming ever more popular, at the expense of the conventional TV channels.
I'm not sure why you keep making the point about just being delivered by different technology. We all know that, but the fact that this alternative means of delivery provides an amazing amount of good content seems to pass you by. It is better because it's there when you want it and there are no adverts. A massive positive for viewers compared with commercial ridden scheduled TV!