Media: The Future of TV 11 Jan 12




Media Show show

Summary: Netflix, the video streaming service which enables customers to watch films and selected TV programmes over the internet, launched in the UK on Monday. Reed Hastings, the company's founder, claims that 'on demand' services like Netflix represent the future of TV. So is it really the beginning of the end for traditional TV? Reed Hastings makes his case to Steve, Tess Alps from the TV marketing organisation Thinkbox and Geoff Slaughter from comparison website SimplifyDigital respond. Also: TV ratings. Who's going up, who's going down and what does that tell us about longer term viewing trends? TV writer Stephen Price crunches the numbers. The Leveson Inquiry into the culture, ethics and practices of the press has resumed after the Christmas break. This week it's been the turn of the newspaper editors to have their say.The Financial Times' chief media correspondent Ben Fenton has been following developments. The producer is Simon Tillotson.