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Old 27-01-2017, 18:51   #1104
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Re: The future for linear TV channels
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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
By way of throwing you a wee bone for a change OB, last night our kids were watching Blue Peter, which included a live appearance by two of the young stars from Netflix's new adaptation of Lemony Snickett. It's clear to see the BBC is happy to treat Netflix as a serious platform, however I think we can agree that there is no way they would have done this had the series been premiering on CITV. So while they're treating it seriously, they're also treating it as something different, and not necessarily as competition.

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Oh, and by way of full disclosure, I've been full of the cold this week, and when one of my kids was off school with it a few days ago, we binge-watched all eight episodes.

We have finally taken a month's trial sub to Netflix as there was some stuff the kids wanted to see. It is definitely nice to have, but I'm finding that its main effect on me is to invite me to distract myself with TV at times when I'd otherwise just go and do something else.

It's been fun but we'll be cancelling before they start charging us. We might take out an ad hoc month here or there in future though, if they release something good ... like another series of Lemony Snickett.
Thanks for the bone, Chris; appreciated!

It is indeed easy to get sucked into all that delicious content, but I deliberately steer away from the TV during the day and don't start watching until about 8.30pm at the earliest...although on a Friday and Saturday night, I don't retire until about 2 or 3 in the morning, unless I fall off the sofa first (hic!).

Probably explains why I have such a backlog of programmes yet to see!
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