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The relatively consistent number of jobs in broadcast television is surprising to me. I would have imagined video streaming would cut into broadcast television
by valine 10y ago
The relatively consistent number of jobs in broadcast television is surprising to me. I would have imagined video streaming would cut into broadcast television the same way online publications cut into newspapers. Services like Netflix have made watching broadcast television almost unbearable due to the obscene amount of advertising.
- Aelinsaar 10y agoIt doesn't help that broadcast ads scrape the absolute bottom of the barrel, and go on FOREVER.
- justinlardinois 10y agoI don't know the actual statistics, but I get the impression that the abandoning of broadcast/cable/dish TV is limited to the young and the well-off.
- r00fus 10y agoI'm still amazed the TiVo revolution didn't completely hamstring broadcast display-ad markets. Do people still watch live TV without DVRs?
- ryandrake 10y agoNearly everyone I know who's over 35.
- x5n1 10y agoPeople watch(ed) TV not for the actual content but just to pass the time. It was mostly channel surfing and once in a while you'd find a show that you wanted to watch all the way through. It was just something to do rather than actually consume a story line. Netflix has made consuming actual stories much much better and easier.
- basch 10y agoevent the DVR became too much work, constantly having to interact with the tv. I just switched to TCM, which doesnt play commercials in the middle of movies. problem solved.
- bluedino 10y agoA simple, cheap DVR that works with OTA doesn't exit does it?
- adanto6840 10y agoTivo does sell one, unsure of pricing or if it requires their subscription or not though. I believe it's called TiVo Bolt.
- ryao 10y agoI would be happy if either my Ceton InfiniTV 4 or HDHomeRun prime worked with OTA signals, but neither do. :/
- nemothekid 10y agoI think online streaming largely replaced the need to use DVR for anything other than rewinding-live-tv-while-I'm-the-bathroom.
- superuser2 10y agoI think a lot of people watch TV to vegetate, not because they are interested in particular shows.
- ryao 10y agoMy parents do.
- Shivetya 10y agocommercials have their uses: bathroom breaks, quick runs to the kitchen, making sure the brats are in bed, let the dog out, let the dog in, and most important, discussing the show as it has transpired thus far. but I suspect that for many people once the channel is set they really don't want to have to do much more than change the volume. it simply is not worth the investment and I would bet a majority don't have a dvr
- dragonwriter 10y ago> I would have imagined video streaming would cut into broadcast television the same way online publications cut into newspapers. Newspapers were declining through consolidation, scaling back local newsrooms in favor of wire-service and syndicated content, etc., long (as in, consistently for decades) before online publications stepped in to fill the gaps newspapers were leaving as they contracted and collapsed.
- drumdance 10y agoNot to mention Craigslist and eBay destroyed a huge chunk of newspapers' revenue streams.
- ryao 10y agoThe online publications are replacing newspapers for people. I have a RSS reader. My parents found that they prefer getting the news online and on OTA broadcast TV. They used to get the paper daily, but now only get the Sunday paper for the coupons that it includes. They have it on a 99 cent a week promotion. That is a an order of magnitude less than the >$500 per year that they used to pay. They find having only 1 paper a week to recycle more convenient too.
- lostlogin 10y agoAnnoying come winter when you need to start the fire though.
- superuser2 10y agoWhat do you think they are streaming? For the most part, it seems to be content produced and monetized by the traditional broadcast houses.