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With the exception of sports and news, linear TV is dead. It doesn't matter if it comes from the cable company or an antenna. Once users get a taste of watching
by hwstar 11y ago
With the exception of sports and news, linear TV is dead. It doesn't matter if it comes from the cable company or an antenna. Once users get a taste of watching things on their schedule, they don't want to adhere to the broadcaster's schedule.
Also, I am going to predict that the advertising model used by current cable and broadcast networks won't ever work with on-demand programming. This is probably why Hulu now offers the ad-free option. Getting rid of advertising will improve the quality of the programming by removing the redundant parts.
- jpollock 11y agoBroadcast TV doesn't place any more restrictions or limitations on linearity of watching than any other transmission medium. If anything, broadcast TV places fewer restrictions since it's open access - anyone can connect and receive. It's the devices used to receive the information, as well as the viewer's desire to be WATCH IT NOW which force the linearity.