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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Being our self-appointed resident economist, you must know that the channels will have to remain financially viable to survive.
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As do streamers, Old Boy. There’s nothing unique about the delivery method that exempts them from the rules.
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So with this idea of yours (which flies in the face of opinion in the TV industry), where would all these hundreds of channels get their content from to keep audience figures up to a sustainable level if the streamers take all the decent stuff for themselves?
It is true that some people are happy to watch any old rubbish served up, and some are happy with watching repeat after repeat of old material they have seen already, but the majority of viewers would not be happy to watch that.
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Given 2% of all Netflix views are the TV series “Friends” that’s not unique to linear television either. What you think viewers want to watch and what they actually watch are two different things, arguably demonstrated by the success of ITV1, and if not by that certainly the amount of channels churning out old content.
Can you actually find genuine TV industry quotes that say my opinions are invalid or ironically will those be unsubstantiated opinion pieces themselves?
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The main demand these days is for quality original drama/comedy; factual/nature programming; and live sport. The smaller channels will lose out when most decent content has gone to the streamers or is retained by the bigger TV companies, who themselves will rather hold on to their originals to use on streamers of their own, such as Britbox and Now TV.
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All in your subjective fantasyland. Go onto the BARB site and find the lowest rated channels going then check their schedules. If streamers think there’s a market for that at £5.99 a month then good luck to them.