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To: Chickensoup

That’s why people don’t consider it TV when using Netflix et al. “TV” is colloquial for “a limited number of channels providing scheduled content filled with ads”. Most who say “I don’t have TV” mean they exclusively use Netflix/DVDs/Amazon/Redbox/iTunes or other on-demand ad-free content.


157 posted on 03/16/2015 6:45:44 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: ctdonath2
That’s why people don’t consider it TV when using Netflix et al. “TV” is colloquial for “a limited number of channels providing scheduled content filled with ads”. Most who say “I don’t have TV” mean they exclusively use Netflix/DVDs/Amazon/Redbox/iTunes or other on-demand ad-free content.

The same shift is happening in radio. Millions of people prefer to subscribe to Sirius/XM in their cars, or they stream Pandora, Spotify or one of the many other streaming options now available.

159 posted on 03/16/2015 6:50:14 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: ctdonath2

There has to be a new name for watching a screen and being entertained at home that clarifies that one is not on the cable/air.

“Viewing?” “Screening?” And instead of calling it a TV call it something else...My entertainment screen? ES for short?


162 posted on 03/16/2015 7:16:11 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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