Linear TV Will Be Dead in 5 to 10 Years, Says Netflix CEO

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Traditional TV isn't going to be around for too much longer, if Netflix's CEO is to be believed.

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So hard to say. Tech is always evolving. OTA as we know it for sure but from Cell to Wifi, and things in between, there are other options for linear broadcasting to continue. If the big companies don't have to shell out for transmitters like what exists now then they will have other means to keep up and adapt more quickly.
 
For watching scripted shows, I believe I'm regular TV is already mostly dead. The only reason it is even sticking around there is because of DVR's.

There is still an argument to be made for keeping it around for sports, other live events, news and the like thought.
 
Zarathustra said:
For watching scripted shows, I believe I'm regular TV is already mostly dead. The only reason it is even sticking around there is because of DVR's.

There is still an argument to be made for keeping it around for sports, other live events, news and the like thought.
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Well Apple just bought the rights to the MLB and MLS. Amazon has Thursday Night Football, and the rights for the NBA go up for auction shortly.

So…
 
Brian_B said:
Well Apple just bought the rights to the MLB and MLS. Amazon has Thursday Night Football, and the rights for the NBA go up for auction shortly.

So…
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So, if you are a sports fan, you'll have to subscribe to 3-4-5 streaming services to watch them all. This is the exact nightmare I was predicting 5 years ago. Everybody creating their own freaking service fragmenting the market into tiny shards, end you end up paying much more than for regular TV, and it won't even be a consistent experience due to all their crappy little apps, most of which won't be available on your TV if it's more than 2 years old.

No, thanks and I can't believe I'm saying this, but give me regular linear TV instead.

We are at the point now where even certain sports federations are creating their own paid streaming services for their own events. So just to follow one sport you need to plug multiple greedy holes, depending on how many organizations are there.
 
MadMummy76 said:
So, if you are a sports fan, you'll have to subscribe to 3-4-5 streaming services to watch them all. This is the exact nightmare I was predicting 5 years ago. Everybody creating their own freaking service fragmenting the market into tiny shards, end you end up paying much more than for regular TV, and it won't even be a consistent experience due to all their crappy little apps, most of which won't be available on your TV if it's more than 2 years old.

No, thanks and I can't believe I'm saying this, but give me regular linear TV instead.

We are at the point now where even certain sports federations are creating their own paid streaming services for their own events. So just to follow one sport you need to plug multiple greedy holes, depending on how many organizations are there.
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I think quite a few of us were saying or at least saw this was coming years ago as well but we all knew it was just a matter of when and there was nothing any of us could really do about it.
 
Zarathustra said:
...not to mention home renovation and cooking shows.

If I have to see another one of these I might be tempted to shoot myself.
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I mean shiat, those genres already have entire f*cking channels/networks dedicated to them. HGTV and Food Network come to mind. Can it really get any more prevalent than that?

I've never been a fan of regular TV (commercials, schedules, content, etc), and as soon as broadband became a thing, I've been grabbing almost all the video-based content I watch off the Internet, to run from local storage. Regular TV lost me eons ago, and movie theaters not long after.
 
MadMummy76 said:
So, if you are a sports fan, you'll have to subscribe to 3-4-5 streaming services to watch them all.
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If you are an NFL fan, you need 3 different services, as Thursday Night, Sunday Night, and Monday Night all have different streaming rights.

Yeah it's less than optimal, I agree.
 
The fragmentation problem could be solved by consolidating all zombie-related content (TV shows, movies, live reality, etc.) into its own streaming service. 🧟‍♂️🧠🧟‍♀️

The Zombie Network? ZombieVision? Undead TV? The News? I suck at this...
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Tempest said:
The fragmentation problem could be solved by consolidating all zombie-related content (TV shows, movies, live reality, etc.) into its own streaming service. 🧟‍♂️🧠🧟‍♀️

The Zombie Network? ZombieVision? Undead TV? The News? I suck at this...
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Shudder. It's all horror movies etc..
 
Brian_B said:
If you are an NFL fan, you need 3 different services, as Thursday Night, Sunday Night, and Monday Night all have different streaming rights.

Yeah it's less than optimal, I agree.
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Fios with the sports package covers it all.
 
Brian_B said:
So would Dish or DirectTV or Xfinity. But those are all linear TV providers...
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yes, and yet I can use the NFL app, yahoo app, etc to stream the content. It’s a strange combo where I have Fios, but never actually watch Fios… I just use the synched authentication to only pay a single provider.
 
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