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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
And yet....
http://uk.businessinsider.com/maker-...near-tv-2015-4
'...people will be watching TV-like content in three different ways: advertising-funded video-on-demand on platforms such as YouTube, subscription video-on-demand on services such as Netflix, and through micropayments, if a viewer wants to pay to watch a particular series.'
That's just in 10 years from now, according to Rene Rechtman, the President of International at Disney owned network Maker Studios. He says he doubts that anyone under 50 will be watching linear TV in ten years' time.
Back on topic, The Saboteurs on More 4 on Friday (9pm) might be worth a look. |
OB, that link really does not help your case. Only 6% of 16-24 year old's used Netflix et al?!? Hardly damaging statistics for linear TV. 7% of them used catch up services or Sky on demand. The same percentage of people used (13%) used DVD etc to watch content. That means internet downloaded programs are only as popular as DVDs right now.
Lets now take the 25-34 year olds (who are liable to have young kids - lets say 5-10) they only watched a combined total of 12% watched on demand/streamed content. The 35-44 year olds (most likely to have older/teenage children at home) only a combined total of 10% watch on demand/streamed TV.
Don't forget, a lot of streamed TV is still run on a linear base.
As I said earlier, this (in my eyes) does not help your case.