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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/15/24 1:09 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> > The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 3/15/24 11:21 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> >> >    Exactly! His term "classical TV" didn't mean a thing to me, way too
> >> > ambiguous. OTOH, I knew what "linear TV" means.
> >> 
> >> Is it the opposite of logarithmic TV?  I've been watching it since 1948 
> >> or so and I've never heard that term.  OTA?
> > 
> >    It's somewhat reasonably explained in Jörg's reference, so I suggest
> > to read that.
> > 
> >    It's 'normal'/'scheduled'/real-time/<whatever> TV as we've always
> > known it. The transmission technology is not really relevant, so it
> > covers both OTA and any other method, cable, satellite, etc..
> > 
> >    I have cable TV, but most of what I watch has been recorded (by me),
> > so it's no longer "linear TV". If that hasn't confused you, I have to
> > try harder,
> 
> No need, you did a fine job!  I was more interested in where the word 
> itself came from as a descriptor of 'original' TV.
> 
> "Where in hell did THAT usage come from?" frequently stops me in my tracks.

  Elementary, dear Watson! It's of course a retronym.

  Just kidding. I threw "linear TV" at Wikipedia and came up with this:

"Broadcast programming
 ...
 With the growth of digital platforms and services allowing non-linear,
 on-demand access to television content, this approach to broadcasting
 has since been referred to using the retronym linear (such as linear
 television and linear channels)."

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_programming>

  See also the explanation/link of "non-linear" in that paragraph.

  "Wikipedia, don't leave home without it!" [1]

[1] When I need/want to look something up, Wikipedia and Google's
"define:" search clause [2] are my first ports of call.

[2] I.e. in this case <https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+linear+TV>
which gives as the first hit
"Linear TV is a traditional system in which a viewer watches a scheduled
 TV program when it's broadcasted and on its original channel."
(from <https://www.oracle.com/advertising/measurement/ctv-vs-ott>)