PGage, to Jim Ellwanger and Tom Wolper: > > So Netflix is not linear, since I can watch any episode of "House of > Cards" whenever I want. CBS is both linear, since even if I am streaming it > via xfinity online, I am still watching the programming as it is scheduled, > and non-linear when I watch its programming On Demand. So my first > impression was wrong, it really has nothing to do with whether it is > delivered on-line. > > Its kind of like the sequential vs simultaneous or serial/parallel, > distinction, except you can't really watch programs simultaneously, but in > the moment before selection all programs in the universe are simultaneously > available. > > Also, linear requires more support, as someone has to select, start and > stop the programs at the right time (or at least set up and tend to the > machines that do this), and sell and manage the advertising that goes in > between the programs. Non-linear, once set up, is more DIY. > > This article on "The Interactive TV Dictionary" <http://www.itvdictionary.com/definitions/linear_tv_definition.html> (link) gives some pertinent basic definitions.
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