Re: Bloody football!

From	John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com>
Newsgroups	uk.tech.broadcast
Subject	Re: Bloody football!
Date	2026-06-27 15:34 +0100
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On 27/06/2026 12:07, Scott wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:11:50 +0100, JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:
>
>> On 26/06/2026 08:12, Roderick Stewart wrote:
>>> The entire concept of regular scheduled programming has been rendered
>>> unnecessary by developments in technology. Now we can watch whatever
>>> we want wherever we want whenever we want, just as we could previously
>>> do with books. That freedom doesn't seem a bad thing to me.
>>
>> I tend to watch the 'regular scheduled channels' most of the time
>> because I know what I am going to find there.  I can't be bothered with
>> most of the others and also they tend to just have lots of crap.
>
> I think you are missing the point here. No-one is suggesting watching
> a bunch of obscure and niche channels. The suggestion is that services
> like BBC iPlayer allow you to pick the programmes you want at the time
> you want them.

As long as your broadband is reliably fast enough and your TV is smart 
enough. In my case, neither is true.

-- 
Tciao for Now!

John.

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Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-17 22:42 +0100
  Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-17 23:14 +0100
    Re: Bloody football! Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-18 06:10 +0000
      Re: Bloody football! liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2026-06-18 09:46 +0100
        Re: Bloody football! Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-18 18:54 +0100
          Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-18 20:36 +0100
            Re: Bloody football! Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-19 09:18 +0100
  Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-18 08:03 +0100
  Re: Bloody football! jon <reading.mostly@crap.org> - 2026-06-25 01:24 +0000
    Re: Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-25 14:12 +0100
      Re: Bloody football! Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-06-25 15:31 +0000
      Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-25 20:45 +0100
        Re: Bloody football! Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-26 08:12 +0100
          Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-26 12:11 +0100
            Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-26 19:21 +0100
              Re: Bloody football! Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-27 09:49 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-27 20:50 +0100
            Re: Bloody football! Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> - 2026-06-27 12:07 +0100
              Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-27 15:34 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-27 20:58 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-27 23:37 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 01:26 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-28 11:20 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 12:50 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-28 13:41 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 14:13 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 13:26 +0000
                Re: Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-29 13:22 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> - 2026-06-29 12:34 +0000
                Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-29 14:41 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! NY <me@privacy.net> - 2026-06-29 18:48 +0100
        Re: Bloody football! Paul Ratcliffe <abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> - 2026-06-28 10:55 +0000
          Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 12:56 +0100
            Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 14:00 +0100
              Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 14:20 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 15:59 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-06-28 18:36 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 21:46 +0100
              Re: Bloody football! JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-06-28 16:10 +0100
                Re: Bloody football! John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-06-28 16:17 +0100

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