On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 5:13 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: I see the use of the term "linear" in this story (e.g "But the decision to > shutter the brand’s linear operations reflects a creeping anxiety in the TV > business aboamming delivered via broadcast, cable or satellelite..") and > some others increasingly, but I must have missed the memo when it was > formally defined. From the context I gather it refers to broadcast/cable > programming? Is this the way we differentiate between online programming > and more traditional television now? > > Except, it seems like "linear" is more descriptive of "online" delivery - > or am I missing the referant of the "line" in linear? Is the line in > question the "cord" that millennials are increasingly cutting? In which > case I guess the line is the line from the cable, which brings television > to most homes even for broadcast channels. > > Nobody asked me, but I think I would have voted for a different term. >
This is the first time I have seen it as well. I think of linear as a progression on a graph but that doesn't give the term "linear cable" any meaning. It might be an updated term for what was once basic cable as a channel which is not on every carrier's list cannot be considered basic. So it might mean not basic, like CNN or TBS, and not premium as it does not require a separate subscription. In any case there must be a better descriptive word. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
