Is anyone suprised by this?
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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Why would I ever turn on the telly to watch what someone else decided I should be watching at that time? It’s crazy in the current landscape.
I mean I don't watch "normal" TV either but I can see the potential appeal.
Most TV is just trash and a waste of time anyway so for some I guess the feeling of connection is more important than the particular content.
Take Saturday night telly for example. There's a really long street near me full of kinda posh-looking terrace houses and the living rooms are really easy to see into, especially at dusk before the curtains get closed.
Sometimes I walk down the road on a Saturday night and you see such a diverse range of people from families to young couples to old people sat with a blanket on their own all watching the same program which there's something quite nice about I think. Likewise with things like Strictly, Bake-off etc people seem to enjoy watching the episodes at the same time so they can discuss with their friends/on social media.
I don't watch sports either but I'm in a WhatsApp group with some friends and every now and again a message will just randomly appear saying something like "shit effort" and I know there must be a football game on. It's kinda nice that they can just assume the others are watching.
Basically I think when you're watching for entertainment, being able to curate your experience more is really great, but there's a social dimension to scheduled telly that I think some might still appreciate.
It’s dying, though. I do social watching with friends all the time, and pretty much no one I can think of sees anything as it’s being broadcast. Kids, work, timezones, etc all get in the way.
Sporting events
Live events like sports are also gradually being picked up by streaming services instead of traditional broadcasters.
Well it’s always useful to back our assumptions with actual numbers.
If these trends continue it’s going to increase pressure on the BBCs licensing model I would guess.
Arial isn't even connected to my tv I just use streaming services.
We moved into a new build a year ago, and I keep threatening to install a sat dish so I can hook the freesat box up, but over that last year, we have just been watching streaming services, iplayer, itvx, netflix, etc... at the moment, I see no need to get up those ladders!
Rarely watch live tv now, between the adverts and reality/game shows there's barely anything of worth to watch.
What little there is, I'll record on the youview box then watch at my convinience and zip though the ads.
I've basically got no interest in what the stations want to produce.
We ditched Sky a while ago and couldn't connect our traditional aerial back in (apparently engineers do this when installing satellite dishes). We just use Roku now, I don't really notice the absence of Freeview any more
Not surprising, but I wonder about the validity of the data. They don't monitor everyone watching TV, only a relatively small sample, and I feel this sample is inherently biased towards people who do watch TV. So the actual drop could be even greater.
No TV loicense required soon innit?