Sunny does NOT get Shotgun.
Posted on 02/22/2015 4:02:09 PM PST by SamAdams76
With YouTube to watch, Instagram pictures to take and Facebook, Snapchat and other social media platforms to explore, a generation of young Americans that used to turn to television for entertainment is finding its fix elsewhere. They are watching on-demand services, such as Netflix and Hulu and the BBC iPlayer but turning off “linear” TV, or tuning in at a set time on a set channel. This migration has been gradual but is starting to show up in the quarterly results of some of the world’s biggest media companies — and investors are beginning to notice.
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Most people under the age of 30 consume media through their personal devices. They watch TV shows over the Internet on YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and others.
The idea of tuning into a show on TV at a certain time seems quaint to them.
What this means is that broadcast television as we know it is dying a slow but sure death.
The idea of tuning into a show on NetFlix seems quaint to many as well.
2 years cable free and will be watching Walking Dead tonight followed by American Sniper.
I just caught the KDrama bug myself. I haven’t watched a US-made TV show in years.
Switch to on-demand tv? How about switch to NO outside tv at all?
Kill it all, stop the infestation of your home with crap, stop financially supporting the companies that create it.
No live sports?
Would life even be worth living?
Onoz! Ask the liberal media companies hurting for money!
Sunny does NOT get Shotgun.
I would say they aren't dead yet. The gov is moving in on the internet..
Yeah, the only sports that matter are politics and racing.
This is all internet based and the libs have most of that biz.
Comcast, Time Warner, etc.
No outside tv.
NFL is a shadowy joke of its former self. I do not miss it.
We choose what to have in the house via dvd and that is what we watch. The savings approach $1000 per year.
Considering the ratio of cra, I mean commercials to content, I stopped watching live TV a long time ago. I get by just fine with Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. I dumped Dish months ago.
I have not watched sports in years.....do not believe in giving money to felons.
I’m watching less TV for all kinds of reasons. But, one that puzzles me is:
WHY does Hollywood play background music with lyrics at the same time the characters are talking?
It’s loud, too.
I don’t get it.
I’m over 50 and I rarely watch TV on its broadcast schedule.
I either use my cable provider’s on-demand service, or Youtube or Netflix.
But I don’t watch on my “device”, I watch on my TV - through ChromeCast.
I gave up cable about 8 months ago. Sometimes it would be nice to watch Fox News, Fox Business, CNBC and a few other channels. Oh well.
Had the Comcast “Triple Play” of phone, Internet and Cable. Cost $176.00. Last weekend we bought an Ooma for phone service. Our monthly payment will be $3.83 (taxes). This past weekend we bought our own modem so we don’t have to rent from comcast. This morning I had the cable shut off. We replaced it with faster internet service: 25 mbps to 105 mbps. Cut our bill by $100.00. We have a Roku. We added Sling TV for $20.00. It’s live tv with only 12 stations, but all live. It has several different ESPN channels, HGTV, Travel Channel, Food Network, Family channel and a few more. Works for us. The only channel I really really will miss is Fox News Channel.
The ONLY time I see regular TV is every morning in the gym as I’m running, and I barely watch it at all. There’s never any sound and what I see only confirms I’ve had proper viewing habits for the past 15 years.
I despise linear TV and I’m completely sure it’s headed for the grave.
In 10 years it will be totally GONE.
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