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I wonder what "watch television" means these days. I don't know many people who have broadcast or cable TV.
by andirk 4y ago
I wonder what "watch television" means these days. I don't know many people who have broadcast or cable TV.
- blacksmith_tb 4y agoTrending down slowly, but still 40% of US households: https://www.statista.com/statistics/612660/paid-services-broadcast-vod-programming-north-america/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/612660/paid-services-bro...
- andirk 4y agoWhat is historically the highest % of US households with TV? (Paywall. And that is the most aggressive form I've ever battled.)
- blacksmith_tb 4y agoHmm, I guess my mass of adblocking extensions in FF must work pretty well, I had to dismiss a single modal. But it looks like Peak TV was reached by about 1980[1], 98% of households! 1: https://www.americancentury.omeka.wlu.edu/items/show/136 https://www.americancentury.omeka.wlu.edu/items/show/136
- ilyt 4y agoBasically "old people" https://www.statista.com/statistics/659779/cable-tv-penetration-by-age/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/659779/cable-tv-penetrat...
- StanislavPetrov 4y agoIt seems reasonable to include things like FUBO, which offer both broadcast and TV channels.
- uni_rule 4y agoI am still surprised how relatively few people have a set of rabbit ears wired to their "streaming" TVs for basic news or whatever in the current year considering how cheap they are.
- andirk 4y agoThose ears need to be HD-capable or whatever the term is. And I need to get those HD rabbit ears so I can watch sports on broadcast tele instead of choppy rando streams.
- IIsi50MHz 4y agoFalse. The broadcast waveform remains analogue. The receiving electronics (not the antenna) need to be DTV-capable to correctly interpret digital content of the received waveform.
- mechanical_bear 4y agoMy streaming box and smart tv have local channels on them, gratis.