TiVo : Tivo packages available in 2020

[harry_hitch]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Yes, but you need to buy some extra kit to do it.

I don't know which operator is moving away from linear - theone has the answer to that but I don't think he's at liberty to say.

However, I'm sure others will follow, as discussed elsewhere.

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Well, that remains to be seen. If you buy into everything, it may well cost more, and PPV is an expensive way of viewing anyway.

However, most will probably choose which of these packages to subscribe to, rather than get the whole kaboosh. Given the amount of dross, even on the Sky channels, and the sheer choice you get on the streaming services, there will be many who just opt for the freeview stuff and the add a streaming pack on top. That would probably give you more choice at a cheaper price than now if you happen to subscribe to all the TV channel packages at the moment.

Wow, so many points to highlight.

Sadly I can't get involved in this with you again. I have had my fair share of bashing my head against a wall whilst you constantly change your arguments in the past.

It is very tempting to do so again though..

[toady]

I'm guessing that the majority of the public will continue to subscribe to a normal linear service. They don't want to put the effort in into finding a show on a streaming service unless there is a global search available

[passingbat]

Originally Posted by toady

I'm guessing that the majority of the public will continue to subscribe to a normal linear service. They don't want to put the effort in into finding a show on a streaming service unless there is a global search available

It's not that difficult. You soon get to know the various streaming services and what they offer.

Subscribing to just a few forum threads keeps you alerted to what's coming along.

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by toady

I'm guessing that the majority of the public will continue to subscribe to a normal linear service. They don't want to put the effort in into finding a show on a streaming service unless there is a global search available

I think you're taking that a bit too far mate, the misuse of the word "effort" for a start, it doesn't take any effort to find what you want on TV nowadays..

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by passingbat

It's not that difficult. You soon get to know the various streaming services and what they offer.

Subscribing to just a few forum threads keeps you alerted to what's coming along.

Aren't the streaming devices now upping their game when it comes to searching across multiple services , I know Roku certainly are. The only real obstacle remaining is that many boxes still don't have the full complement of streaming services however things are improving.

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[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

I think you're taking that a bit too far mate, the misuse of the word "effort" for a start, it doesn't take any effort to find what you want on TV nowadays..

I agree. Try searching through a tv mag to find a programme that you know is coming, but don't know what day or what channel. That's an effort.

Just typing the name of the programme in search is no effort at all.

If you've been into Netflix, you will have seen how easy it is to pick a programme that might be of interest to you. I really don't see what the problem is.

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Originally Posted by harry_hitch

Wow, so many points to highlight.

Sadly I can't get involved in this with you again. I have had my fair share of bashing my head against a wall whilst you constantly change your arguments in the past.

It is very tempting to do so again though..

Hi, Harry. Your contribution is always welcome!

However, I don't know what you mean by my 'constantly changing my arguments'! I think I have been pretty consistent in what I personally think will happen. However, I need to put different scenarios across sometimes to answer specific questions that come up in the posts.

I am not claiming to have all the answers. I am simply speculating intelligently about changes that we might see over the coming years.

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Originally Posted by Stuart

Who pays to maintain the infrastructure? Several thousand miles of fibre and Coax, with related equipment isn't going to power and maintain itself, and with the relatively low broadband prices in this country, it's unlikely that Virgin will make a profit on anyone just taking broadband, unless they wack the contention ratio right up, which will torpedo any on demand services in a lot of heavily populated areas.

The money will come from the same pockets as it does now. We will just be paying for different services.