VOD : Netflix/Streaming Services

[eljay]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Yes, I agree, but that model is no longer relevant with 'On Demand' becoming the prevailing method of viewing. I really don't understand why people still watch all their programmes 'live' from the TV channels and sit through all those adverts! However, I think it's beginning to dawn on more and more people that they are wasting their lives watching 15 - 18 minutes of ads every hour.

"Becoming the prevailing method" is probably correct but I will take any odds that the majority of people still watch the majority of their TV live, even those with Pay TV.

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by eljay

"Becoming the prevailing method" is probably correct but I will take any odds that the majority of people still watch the majority of their TV live, even those with Pay TV.

I don't disagree with you but I think the number of people prepared to waste their time in this way is reducing all the time. The figures for on demand viewing over the years reveals that this is the case.

There will come a point when the broadcasting of so many linear channels is no longer unviable.

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Originally Posted by passingbat

The main reason so many hours are filled with dross is because there is a limited amount of 'good stuff' out there.

As you remarked earlier, there are more channels competing for the good US Network TV dramas and so it is spread thinly between all those channels.

It doesn't surprise or bother me that each channel only has two or three good shows; I just watch those and don't bother about what they show along side them.

Which is why they should produce more of their own (better quality) material. We need more dramas and shows and less reality TV.

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Originally Posted by eljay

You are never going to be offered a channel with all the good stuff on it as it would be to costly to the providers and not in the PAY TV companies interests.

I agree, but Sky 1 is 85% dross and only 15% is worth watching, and I'm probably being generous at that. I don't think it is beyond the wit of Skyman to balance it out a bit better.

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Originally Posted by passingbat

I can only think of a couple of shows I watch on ITV, and one of those is a US import (The Americans)

I appreciate it's horses for courses but there are more original dramas on ITV now and they are quite good.

Can you imagine Sky commissioning a programme like Downton Abbey for example? No, they just rely on American programming and reality shows for the most part. I just think they are selling themselves short - they could do much better than this.

I only hope their new strategy addresses these shortcomings.

[thunderlips]

had sky movies from September just switched it off now joined netflix really like it !

[OLD BOY]

Originally Posted by thunderlips

had sky movies from September just switched it off now joined netflix really like it !

Much better value, in my opinion. I currently subscribe to both, but if Netflix take some of the exclusive deals away from Sky over the coming few years, I might review my subscription to Sky Movies.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

Much better value, in my opinion. I currently subscribe to both, but if Netflix take some of the exclusive deals away from Sky over the coming few years, I might review my subscription to Sky Movies.

Indeed l think quite a few are entertaining the same type of thinking OB.

[LondonRoad]

Originally Posted by thunderlips

had sky movies from September just switched it off now joined netflix really like it !

I've got a couple ofrecorded films I want to watch so I've set myself the deadline of next weekend then it's bye bye Sky Movies.

There's tons of stuff I want to watch on netflix so I'd really need 30 hours in each day to justify continuing Sky Movies too.

[dodgem22]

sky movies via sky or virgin is to expensive so i view it through now tv and im still unsure why the movies are so cheap on Now tv. Not that I am complaining. I thought about netflix but it seems they dont have access to the newer movies or am I wrong in thinking that?

[muppetman11]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

I appreciate it's horses for courses but there are more original dramas on ITV now and they are quite good.

Can you imagine Sky commissioning a programme like Downton Abbey for example? No, they just rely on American programming and reality shows for the most part. I just think they are selling themselves short - they could do much better than this.

I only hope their new strategy addresses these shortcomings.

Yeah because ITV would never have their TV schedules took over by reality TV would they

[denphone]

Originally Posted by muppetman11

Yeah because ITV would never have their TV schedules took over by reality TV would they

Too many of those blighters on TV for my liking but alas l must be in the minority.

[vincerooney]

Originally Posted by denphone

Too many of those blighters on TV for my liking but alas l must be in the minority.

I think reality tv is slowly dying to be honest. X factor and big brother would dominate proceedings a few years back. Now it's not the case. I think it'll still slowly die a slow death for a few more years and then go missing in a few years.

[Kabaal]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

I think reality tv is slowly dying to be honest. X factor and big brother would dominate proceedings a few years back. Now it's not the case. I think it'll still slowly die a slow death for a few more years and then go missing in a few years.

Personally i think that's just people being bored with those particular shows, Simon Cowel has been pumping out the same show for 13 years beginning with Pop Idol. Big Brother, it was inevitable that people would eventually get bored of watching a bunch of twits lie around a house.

Other shows seem to still be pulling the viewers in, The Voice had 8.4 million the other night, I'm a celebrity and Britain's got Talent still get massive viewing figures etc.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

I think reality tv is slowly dying to be honest. X factor and big brother would dominate proceedings a few years back. Now it's not the case. I think it'll still slowly die a slow death for a few more years and then go missing in a few years.

I think that Reality TV has been slowly dying since the late 90s.. In the late 90s, it was difficult to turn on the TV during prime time without finding at least one channel showing a programme where a film crew followed a few vets, holiday reps, the staff of a driving school, airport or hospital around. Thankfully, that sort of programme has largely died out (at least on the terrestrial channels, the smaller channels still have a fair few on).

I say it's dying, rather than changing because back in the late 90s it was very difficult to find a terrestrial channel at prime time that was *not* showing some sort of reality show. At least now it's limited to a few daytime TV shows and a couple of hours of "talent shows" on a Saturday night. Usually consisting of a couple of shows where 3 or 4 people watch other people sing/dance/do whatever, often making (sometimes rude) comments on them, then the hosts excitedly ask the viewer to phone in to "save" one of the the contestants (see The Voice, Fame Academy, Strictly Come Dancing, Dancing on Ice and almost *anything* involving Simon Cowell) for evidence of this.

[Chad]

Originally Posted by vincerooney

I think reality tv is slowly dying to be honest. X factor and big brother would dominate proceedings a few years back. Now it's not the case. I think it'll still slowly die a slow death for a few more years and then go missing in a few years.

I'd say reality TV has evolved into a strange hybrid of reality and staged reality which is keeping the genre as popular as ever. Shows like Come Dine With Me, The Only Way Is Essex, Made In Chelsea, Geordie Shore, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, Ramsays Kitchen Nightmares and Peter Andre My Life have loyal followers and score reasonable viewing figures. Not my cup of tea but if you scan through the EPG it's littered with these types of shows.

I agree the viewing figures aren't as dominant as maybe 10 or 15 years ago however since then channel choice has tripled, more homes have a PVR for time-shifted viewing, TV on demand has taken off and online viewing is coming into it's own. The viewing public can now watch what they want, when they want, which wasn't always the case in the late 90's.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Chad

I'd say reality TV has evolved into a strange hybrid of reality and staged reality which is keeping the genre as popular as ever. Shows like Come Dine With Me, The Only Way Is Essex, Made In Chelsea, Geordie Shore, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, Ramsays Kitchen Nightmares and Peter Andre My Life have loyal followers and score reasonable viewing figures. Not my cup of tea but if you scan through the EPG it's littered with these types of shows.

I agree the viewing figures aren't as dominant as maybe 10 or 15 years ago however since then channel choice has tripled, more homes have a PVR for time-shifted viewing, TV on demand has taken off and online viewing is coming into it's own. The viewing public can now watch what they want, when they want, which wasn't always the case in the late 90's.

And that is the great thing as we record most of our favourite programmes and watch them at a suitable time that suits us and our family.

[AlabasterLyn]

Not sure if this question has been asked before but everytime I go to watch Netflix it comes up as being locked and I have to press the OK button and then put my PIN number in, even though I have the parental lock off so that for other viewing on my TIVO box I don't have to put the PIN in. Am I doing something wrong or is this just how it works? On my smart TV I don't have to do anything

Lyn