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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: 3, Interesting) by hemocyanin on Saturday March 26 2016, @02:51AM
Same here -- not the anime but the binge watching. I had no TV service, neither broadcast nor cable, hooked up to my TV from 1992 till about 2001 or 2002. I did have a VCR and later a DVD player, now just a roku and apple TV -- anyway, when I got a netflix account and then proceeded to work through all of the Star Treks I had missed, in order without commercial breaks, I discovered that that is the only way I like to watch TV. I don't sit down to TV just for something random -- I like to find a good show with a continuous story and just watch that one thing till I'm done. If I don't have something like that, I tend to not watch at all.
(Score: 2) by tibman on Saturday March 26 2016, @06:40AM
Same here. I may watch an hour a week until discovering a new show and binge watch it. Recently finished the first season of the Expanse in under a week, great sci-fi show.
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