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If you frequently find yourself binge watching TV shows, take solace in knowing you're not alone.
Seventy percent of US consumers engage in marathon TV-watching sessions, devouring an average of five episodes per sitting, according to a new survey by consulting firm Deloitte. The 10th annual Digital Democracy Survey also found that nearly half of all US consumers subscribe to a streaming movie service -- the highest level in the survey's history.
The survey's results, released Wednesday, underscore shifting tastes in how people watch TV. Increasingly, consumers are shedding their cable and satellite TV packages and opting for video found online or through streaming-media boxes such as Roku and Apple TV.
"The survey data indicates that consumers are more willing than ever to invest in services to watch whenever, wherever and on whatever device they choose," Gerald Belson, Deloitte vice chairman and US media and entertainment sector leader, said in a statement.
Deloitte found that nearly a third of us binge watch TV on a weekly basis, and that 53 percent of those consumers who do binge watch are more often in the mood for dramas.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by jasassin on Friday March 25 2016, @11:48PM
Without commercials you can watch at least twice (maybe more than three times) the amount of show in the same amount of time. With no interruptions you can watch more and follow the story easier. On TV more than once after about 10 minutes of commercials I have literally asked "What were we watching?". Cable and ads are on the way out. Though, I'm not sure if TV is as bad as the DVDs that make you watch a minute copyright warning and then 15 minutes of previews (you cant skip) before the movie plays.
Netflix seems to be the way to go.
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(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Saturday March 26 2016, @12:30AM
Cable got greedy by adding ads back in. People don't want to pay to watch ads, and since there are alternatives cable looses. They could probably retain much more of the market without the ads.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 2) by jasassin on Saturday March 26 2016, @03:13AM
Its even worse. Where I live (the land is in a basin) I can only get two channels with an antenna. So we are paying for the limited package with only over the air local channels. Of course these channels rely on advertising, so no hope of no commercials. Oh well, at least I get Maury to tell me "Leroy... You are NOT the father!".
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 26 2016, @05:09AM
I am not gonna pay premium price for shows full of ads no more than I will pay premium price for ground beef with sand filler in it.
Stuff like that only makes me look for alternatives, and I really don't care what the MPAA thinks of my choice.