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Old 14-12-2022, 15:33   #593
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Re: The future of television

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
You didn’t notice that Tim Davie was talking about the next 10 years, then. That’s even more ambitious than the prediction I made in 2015.
Here’s the actual speech, not the sound bites and paraphrasing by others.

https://rts.org.uk/article/leading-u...dcast%20allows.

There is nothing in the speech about closing down OTA broadcasting in 10 years - the nearest thing is when he says
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A switch off of broadcast will and should happen over time, and we should be active in planning for it.
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Imagine a world that is internet only, where broadcast TV and radio are being switched off and choice is infinite. There’s still a lot of live linear viewing but it is all been delivered online.
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Over time this will mean fewer linear broadcast services and a more tailored joined up online offer.
Fewer linear broadcast services, not the end of linear broadcast services.
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