About The Future of Viewing

This session explored how technology offers new times and places for people to watch TV, how it offers the control which viewers so appreciate and new functionalities and the role for TV broadcasters in the future as on-demand opportunities grow alongside linear scheduled channels. How should they develop their role? And the content itself - will that change? Will people want to watch completely different sorts of programmes from those they enjoy now, and not just watch the same things in different ways? What does 360 degree commissioning mean? How is the content going to be paid for? Will the current financial climate affect the sort of programming that gets made? Will TV need advertising to make more or less of an economic contribution to great TV content?

What films are in the player?

1. The Future of Viewing: short film gathering opinions from TV luminaries such as Gerhard Zeiler, Ashley Highfield, Brian Sullivan, Charlie Horrell, Dan Marks, Daisy Goodwin and Paddy Barwise.
2. The Future of TV Technology: film of keynote speech by Peter Bazalgette, media consultant
3. The Future of Channels: film of keynote speech by Andy Duncan, Chief Executive of Channel 4
4. The Future of Content: film of keynote speech by Peter Fincham, ITV's Director of Television
5. The Future of Viewing, part 2: our Televisionaires set out some of the challenges and opportunities facing the industry.
6. The Future of Viewing Q&A: Jon Stapleton chairs the debate with Peter Bazelgette, Andy Duncan, Peter Fincham and our Televisionaries audience.
7. The Gadget show: Suzi, Jon and Jason give us a whistle-stop tour of some of the ways you can get your TV today.