VOD : Netflix/Streaming Services

[Legendkiller2k]

Prepare for trouble and make it double, to protect the world from devastation, to unite all people in our nation.
I can't remember the rest lol but pokemon tv app is on it's way to all major plaforms this year.

It is already on ROKU, Appletv but is making it's way to Android tv, 360(i presume that means vm) and SKYQ.

[muppetman11]

Can't wait for that

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

Prepare for trouble and make it double, to protect the world from devastation, to unite all people in our nation.
I can't remember the rest lol but pokemon tv app is on it's way to all major plaforms this year.

It is already on ROKU, Appletv but is making it's way to Android tv, 360(i presume that means vm) and SKYQ.

ffs,

[Legendkiller2k]

Originally Posted by Mad Max

ffs,

I knew you'd be delighted about it

[Legendkiller2k]

Freeview have approved a number of proposals one which includes channels delivered over broadband. https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/freevi...alter-service/

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by Legendkiller2k

Freeview have approved a number of proposals one which includes channels delivered over broadband. https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/freevi...alter-service/

It will be interesting to see where all this leads in the longer term. Interesting times.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

It will be interesting to see where all this leads in the longer term. Interesting times.

Definitely - if broadcast channels can be sent over broadband.

Another proposal that was approved today, and could have major ramifications on how Freeview works, is the possibility to stream Freeview channels via the internet, without the need for an aerial (or when reception is bad).

In a way, this is already possible today, via a workaround: You can already stream live versions of some of the major Freeview Play channels via their dedicated apps (BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, etc).

However, with the upcoming changes, you would not need to manually run each app and look for its live feed. Instead, you would simply switch to a channel as you did before, but that channel would be delivered to you via broadband instead of over-the-air.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Definitely - if broadcast channels can be sent over broadband.

I wonder if this will spur Sky on? It had announced a future broadband-delivered TV service a few years ago which launched in Italy but not the UK.
https://www.pocket-lint.com/tv/news/sky/148401-sky-x

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY

It will be interesting to see where all this leads in the longer term. Interesting times.

Towards more linear channels.

[jfman]

Originally Posted by Hugh

Definitely - if broadcast channels can be sent over broadband.

Which brings me to the question OB insists on dodging.

Is this linear?

[Mad Max]

Originally Posted by jfman

Which brings me to the question OB insists on dodging.

Is this linear?

Jeez, glad I read that twice...

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by jfman

Which brings me to the question OB insists on dodging.

Is this linear?

That would be an ecumenical matter.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by jfman

Which brings me to the question OB insists on dodging.

Is this linear?

Can you not see how ridiculous this looks, jfman? Move on, for heaven’s sake.

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Originally Posted by Hugh

Definitely - if broadcast channels can be sent over broadband.

Why are you and others on here obsessed with scheduled channels when on demand is a much more appropriate way of presenting content over the internet? How does choosing content via TV channels trump choosing by content?

[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Can you not see how ridiculous this looks, jfman? Move on, for heaven’s sake.

No more ridiculous than your evasion.

Maybe I've been phrasing the question in a confusing manner, referring to new fangled technology like apps, Chromecasts and PlayStations.

So I'll use the words of someone else. Does the second quite in Hugh's post of 17:54 today in this very thread describe linear television in your view?

Why are you and others on here obsessed with scheduled channels when on demand is a much more appropriate way of presenting content over the internet? How does choosing content via TV channels trump choosing by content?

There is one poster around here with an obsession around here and one alone.

[OLD BOY]

I will leave that to your confused but vivid imagination, jfman.

[jfman]

Another opportunity to provide a yes or no answer well evaded. I'd actually applaud your persistence if it wasn't palpably ridiculous.