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Originally Posted by Hugh
Amazon Prime currently advertising for a "Prime Video Linear TV Senior Product Manager, Technical".
https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/1508...ager-technical
On a related note, from earlier this year
https://www.mediaplaynews.com/netfli...vice-globally/
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Interesting article from a couple of days ago.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90630158...mething-button
EMBRACE LINEAR TV
While I once assumed that on-demand video would subsume live TV for everything besides news and sports, the success of linear streaming channels has proven otherwise.
‘ Pluto TV, which mimics a cable-style grid guide with round-the-clock streaming channels, has 43 million users tuning in every month, and it’s prompted a wave of imitators since ViacomCBS acquired it in 2019. Between the Roku Channel (which itself has more than 160 linear channels), Tubi, Plex, Peacock, Sinclair’s Stirr, and the preloaded linear TV apps on many smart TVs (including those from Samsung, LG, and Vizio), linear channels are making a comeback as a way to cure indecision.’ |
Funny that you didn’t include the very next paragraph...
’These options have downsides, though: They’re all supported by ads, and in many cases they don’t let you pause, rewind, or fast-forward whatever’s on.)’.
However, I concede that some apps may contain linear TV channels (Pluto and Now already do in the UK) but my point has always been that the TV channels we have now will disappear. What is the point in having ITV, ITV2, ITV 3, etc, when you can have all of your programming under one app, like the ITV Hub?
As for whether the new linear channels on apps will prove popular, that remains to be seen. The Netflix idea of having linear channels within its app without adverts is probably the best bet. I haven’t met a single person who watches Pluto linear TV.