Gen Z: Less than half of 16-24-year-olds watch traditional TV, Ofcom says
www.bbc.com
They spend three times as long watching video-sharing platforms like YouTube and TikTok.

UK data but likely similar to other places

  • mlfh@lemmy.ml
    21·
    3 months ago

    “Less than half” is shockingly higher than I thought it would be. Who still watches broadcast TV?

      • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        And people who love watching the news channels. IDK if those exist in the UK, I’m talking about the US.

        • HeyJoe@lemmy.world
          2·
          3 months ago

          And those kids are only watching it, probably due to the parent who can’t deal with change, so it’s in the house already. My wife is that person! 4 years ago, I convinced her to go to Hulu live instead of cable, but now that’s pretty close to the price when I switched, so I finally convinced her to give it up completely. I am paying for 1 year of hulu next month, which is less than 1 month of hulu live, and deal with it.

          She watches news and sports, but the news is easy. I found a few legit apps that offer up local news and even the prime-time stuff in real time. Sports will be harder, but she’s not that into it, and as long as we know what we want to watch, I can probably find something in advance.