That entire model is outdated anyway. Everything is converging on the internet: voice calls (WiFi calling, Skype, etc), IM (WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger), video (YouTube, Netflix, Hulu), radio (Shoutcast, podcasts, etc), books (Kindle, Apple, Nook), etc.
And people want Netflix to step backwards into a "you'll get the content we give you" mode that everyone hated? Having TV schedules is a deficit of traditional broadcasting, not a perk, as even if you like being spoon-fed programming that could trivially be re-created via on-demand (e.g. smart-queues, your playlist(s), curated playlists (e.g. your favourite celebrity's choices), etc).
Plus the infrastructure waste (duplication?) and all for what gain? It would be more useful to take all that money and invest in making the Netflix apps on smart TVs able to stream continuously like a TV "channel." Then do what Google Play Music has gone and add curated "channels" of content (although it is music in this example, not video).
That entire model is outdated anyway. Everything is converging on the internet: voice calls (WiFi calling, Skype, etc), IM (WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger), video (YouTube, Netflix, Hulu), radio (Shoutcast, podcasts, etc), books (Kindle, Apple, Nook), etc.
And people want Netflix to step backwards into a "you'll get the content we give you" mode that everyone hated? Having TV schedules is a deficit of traditional broadcasting, not a perk, as even if you like being spoon-fed programming that could trivially be re-created via on-demand (e.g. smart-queues, your playlist(s), curated playlists (e.g. your favourite celebrity's choices), etc).
Plus the infrastructure waste (duplication?) and all for what gain? It would be more useful to take all that money and invest in making the Netflix apps on smart TVs able to stream continuously like a TV "channel." Then do what Google Play Music has gone and add curated "channels" of content (although it is music in this example, not video).