Linear mode

Definition

Analogue and digital television, live-streaming, web-casting provided by a media organization for simultaneous viewing of programmes on the basis of a programme schedule as oppose to non-linear which refers to on-demand services (services provided at the moment chosen by the user, at the user’s request, on the basis of a catalogue of programmes proposed by the media organization).

Data source

Ministry of Communications or Telecommunications, National Statistical Organizations, Audiovisual Regulatory Authority or Press Council.

Source definition

UIS Instruction Manual for Completing the Questionnaires on Media Statistics.