Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35797706)

Here's one Ofcom prepared earlier:
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/bin...cmr15/UK_2.pdf

I bet the results of this poll don't match!

Originally Posted by zantarous (Post 35797720)

I very rarely watch any live TV, or even use my Tivo. I just recently downgraded from XL to M and removed multi room.

Watching TV is now through the following services:

Amazon Instant Streaming
Netflix
Now TV

Music is done through a subscription to Google Play Music.

I use a combination of Fire TV and Chromcast and a nexus Player in the bedroom.

Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35797728)

More people are doing this. I think it's appealing for those on a budget, I'm not suggesting you are by the way :)
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Originally Posted by solitaire (Post 35797855)

I know that Sky and ITV need the ads to pay their way, but most of the time you can lose up to one third of the programme with the number of ads shown, so I tend to record most of what I like to enable me to fast forward through them.

Originally Posted by solitaire (Post 35797855)

I know that Sky and ITV need the ads to pay their way, but most of the time you can lose up to one third of the programme with the number of ads shown, so I tend to record most of what I like to enable me to fast forward through them.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35797879)

Quite so. And with an ever increasing number of people doing the same, it does make you wonder what the broadcast channels are going to do about this reduction in audience figures, which will impact on advertising revenue.

Originally Posted by zantarous (Post 35797720)

I very rarely watch any live TV, or even use my Tivo. I just recently downgraded from XL to M and removed multi room.

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Originally Posted by tassiekev (Post 35797893)

Live sport - everything else is recorded ..

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35797892)

You really do need to read and digest that Ofcom report ;)

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35798551)

but this isn't going to last forever.

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35798610)

So you keep telling us, but fail to provide any evidence to back your claim up.

Broadcast TV works well and people like it. It's not going anywhere.

Originally Posted by Chad (Post 35798563)

Rise of online TV will rock ITV and Sky, warns Viacom chief

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...com-chief.html

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35798633)

Well, yes, spiderplant, but unfortunately nobody can actually prove something like that.

I guess we will just have to watch this space. I'm sure we will come back to this in another 10 years to see how things are going!

Originally Posted by harry_hitch (Post 35798642)

It seems to me ITV simply need to buy/commission better programmes. In my eyes, the vast majority of programmes they show are just incredibly poor. Their recent BBQ program, for me, gives a clear example of happy they are to accept sub-standard programs. It simply lacks any tension and failed to hold my attention, unlike GBBO, which is streets ahead of it. Failing that, they could always go in for more sports rights with other broadcasters (6 nations deal) or they could just have a specific film channel (similar to C4 and Film4.)

Speaking of C4, it's interesting how C4 is not mentioned in the article. I wonder if their viewing figures and finances are strong?

EDIT:

Oh, I timeshift just about everything. Not much is live, although I often hold off watching the start of a recorded live program for 20-30 mins just so I can skip the ad's and still watch the end the same time as everyone else.

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As you well aware OB, I think things will be much the same in ten years.

If they are not, people will simply be paying considerably more money to lots of different companies, just to watch the same content we currently do now. Also, businesses will be forcing adverts on us we can't skip via the streaming sites.

Be careful what you wish for OB, it might just happen.

Originally Posted by OLD BOY (Post 35798672)

It's pretty clear that posters on this forum are doing a lot of time shifted viewing

Originally Posted by spiderplant (Post 35798702)

Which just shows how atypical this forum is.

Timeshifting has reached saturation - if you want to do it, nothing is stopping you. The same happened with HD, and streaming won't be far behind.