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Only "18% of U.S. TV households had at least one TV set enabled to receive free, broadcast programming." https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2024/beyond-big-data-

Only "18% of U.S. TV households had at least one TV set enabled to receive free, broadcast programming." https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2024/beyond-big-data-the-audience-watching-over-the-air/ https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2024/beyond-big-data-the-au...

ksec 1y ago
Wow. Thanks. So when an Americans say they are watching TV, I assume that mostly meant watching Netflix or Cables?
- p_ing 1y ago
  Cable is losing subscribers, too. https://evoca.tv/cord-cutting-statistics/ https://evoca.tv/cord-cutting-statistics/
  - ksec 1y ago
    Thank You. I guess I will submit this as an operate entry. Mind blowing figures.
- extra88 1y ago
  Yes. Satellite dishes also provide service like cable does, a number of "basic" channels included plus options for "premium" channels that cost extra. The basic channels include the broadcast networks for one's geographic area. They're not that popular but there are similar bundles available over the Internet, YouTube TV is one. All the national broadcast networks have Internet options, Hulu has shows from multiple networks, Paramount+ has CBS. Both also have shows made for cable & satellite channels and Internet-only programming. There's a lot more than Netflix too, Amazon Prime, AppleTV+, Disney+, Max, and many others. Live sports kept people signed up to cable & satellite for a long time, I think now there are Internet options (and probably exclusives, I don't watch sports). This is from 2022: https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2022/broadband-only-tv-homes-amplify-sports-viewership/ https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2022/broadband-only-tv-home...
  - extra88 1y ago
    Be aware that the cable tv infrastructure is also the main Internet service provider, many people are like me, paying the cable company for home Internet but not for TV (my plan does include a legally mandated minimum TV service and a TV box but I only have it because it's cheaper than Internet alone for some reason).

ksec 1y ago

Wow. Thanks. So when an Americans say they are watching TV, I assume that mostly meant watching Netflix or Cables?

p_ing 1y ago
Cable is losing subscribers, too. https://evoca.tv/cord-cutting-statistics/ https://evoca.tv/cord-cutting-statistics/
- ksec 1y ago
  Thank You. I guess I will submit this as an operate entry. Mind blowing figures.
extra88 1y ago
Yes. Satellite dishes also provide service like cable does, a number of "basic" channels included plus options for "premium" channels that cost extra. The basic channels include the broadcast networks for one's geographic area. They're not that popular but there are similar bundles available over the Internet, YouTube TV is one. All the national broadcast networks have Internet options, Hulu has shows from multiple networks, Paramount+ has CBS. Both also have shows made for cable & satellite channels and Internet-only programming. There's a lot more than Netflix too, Amazon Prime, AppleTV+, Disney+, Max, and many others. Live sports kept people signed up to cable & satellite for a long time, I think now there are Internet options (and probably exclusives, I don't watch sports). This is from 2022: https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2022/broadband-only-tv-homes-amplify-sports-viewership/ https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2022/broadband-only-tv-home...
- extra88 1y ago
  Be aware that the cable tv infrastructure is also the main Internet service provider, many people are like me, paying the cable company for home Internet but not for TV (my plan does include a legally mandated minimum TV service and a TV box but I only have it because it's cheaper than Internet alone for some reason).