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Old 08-08-2019, 07:59   #5915
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Re: Netflix/Streaming Services
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
Viewers can choose to watch what they want, when they want, now. Many don't, and still work around the schedule to a greater or lesser extent. It makes it easier to speak to people in the real world (I know, it's weird) in office scenarios if everyone is at the same point.

"Ah, have you seen series 2 episode 5 of..."
"Nah I'm only on episode 4"

Doesn't have the same ring to it as

"Did you see last night's..."
"Yeah it was amazing... Didn't see that ending coming"

Some people like being at the same point as everyone else to have conversations, interact with social media, etc.

Even the taboid press, morning TV shows, and websites want you to be at roughly the same spot.
Hardly a justification!

And, no, you cannot see what you want, when you want on scheduled TV. You can only watch one episode per week generally speaking, and if you miss the series for any reason, you have to wait for it to be repeated before you can catch up.

With streaming services, once it is there, it is there, to watch one at a time or binge the whole series as you prefer.

This water cooler chat stuff - my God!

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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
No, not at all. However television exists as a topic of discussion, see millions of threads on thousands of internet forums. Something has to dictate the pace to facilitate this effectively.
And for that reason, people will always view their favourite programmes on scheduled TV. Really? Who thinks like that?
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