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Originally Posted by Itshim
Do you or any one else for that matter think that this channel alone is that much of a draw ? In my family it seems that it is watched appox 2 hours a week.  Smoke & Mirrors  comes to mind |
For most people, I would expect that even for Sky 1, only a couple of programmes per week might be watched in any one week. For some periods of time, it may be that I don't watch Sky 1 at all because programmes like 'Fringe' are not available at that time.
From experience, I have discovered that my viewing comes from a whole range of different channels, although BBC1, ITV1 and Channel 4 predominate.
It follows that the more channels you can access, the more viewing choice of programmes you have. However, if you are expecting any of the individual non terrestrial channels to be a 'big draw', you are going to be disappointed.
To my mind, if there are one or two programmes shown only on one channel during the course of the year that you or your family like to watch, then it is worth having.
Sky Atlantic exceeds that expectation. There are quite a few series they have shown over the course of the last couple of years that are well worth seeing. That is my personal reason for wanting the channel.
I'm certainly not saying that if we got the channel, we'd be glued to it every night. That might be the old way of viewing, before multi channel television, but it's not how digital TV works.
2 hours per week to watch a digital channel is actually quite good, given the total choice available.