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Old 05-02-2017, 17:39   #1115
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Re: The future for linear TV channels

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Originally Posted by Horizon View Post
.... and another legal route will be Sky's "cable" service when it launches next year, as long as your broadband connection is decent enough.

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That's right.

Netflix has been saying for ages that they want to be like HBO's "channel."

Netflix knew that in the future as their popularity increased, they would get squeezed by the major media companies which would make the cost of buying in tv and films from others too high. Hence why they went down the route of making their own stuff.

But of course the whole point of Netflix is to watch films and tv from various different companies all in one place.

Whether their strategy works out in the long run, remains to be see.
It does worry me that we could end up with a situation in which each studio has its own 'on demand' portal with separate subscriptions or pay per view. This could make things very expensive and it would encourage more piracy if the content on those platforms was exclusive.

---------- Post added at 16:39 ---------- Previous post was at 16:33 ----------

Here we go....

http://www.rapidtvnews.com/201702054...#axzz4XpUHnOWK

The eleventh-hour settlement of the high-profile carriage dispute between Sky and Discovery is not likely to be the end of the discussion as to what those channels are really worth.

The deal means that Sky subscribers will continue to enjoy Discovery’s bouquet of 12 thematic genre channels, yet it must be noted that according to Futuresource Consulting analysis, comparing data for the last seven months of 2016 with the same period for 2014 shows that Discovery’s ratings (excluding Eurosport) have declined, while Sky’s share of eyeballs has remained the same. That backs up Sky’s original beef with the programmer.

“The disagreement was simple – Sky said Discovery’s viewing on its platforms had fallen and it did not want to pay what was being asked to renew their long-term carriage agreement,” said Futuresource analyst John Bird. “Discovery said it was being paid less than it was 10 years ago, despite Sky subscription price rises and a claimed 20% increase in viewing of its channels on Sky platforms (the acquisition of Sky Germany and Italy in this period may well be a factor behind this assertion).”

But Bird added that the falling viewership was “almost certainly” due in a large part to the cannibalisation impact of on-demand viewing on traditional linear multichannel TV.
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