[opendtv] Re: Digital TV.net: Streaming overtakes live viewing in the US
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 00:57:31 +0000
Craig Birkmaier wrote:
You have major reading comprehension problems Bert.
This survey says NOTHING about the time spent watching linear TV
versus OTT services. It simply measured preferences and viewing
devices.
http://www.digitaltveurope.net/356912/streaming-overtakes-live-viewing-in-the-us/
Craig, in such denial that he doesn't even read what's written. I just posted a
Cisco analysis, which confirms these general trends, so you might as well give
it up.
Read again, carefully this time. It says clearly:
"Streaming content has overtaken live programming as 'the viewing
method-of-choice' among Americans, according to Deloitte's latest 'Digital
Democracy Survey'."
This is unambiguous, Craig. Streaming content has overtaken linear/live
viewing. It does not say, "people would prefer." It says, "the method of
choice." That means, how they actually watch TV and movies. Also read the
unambiguous title: "Streaming overtakes live viewing in the US." What is there
not to understand, Craig?
It says that 53% of TV today is viewed online, and 56% of movies. "56% of US
consumers now stream movies and 53% stream TV, compared to 45% who prefer to
watch TV programs live."
Pretty clear. It is explaining to you, Craig, that live viewing only accounts
for 45%. That last phrase, "compared to ... ," made it clear what they mean.
And to cement this, they say immediately after:
"Among millennials aged 14-25, nearly 60% of time spent watching movies occured
on computers, tablets and smartphones, making movie viewing habits 'decidedly
age-dependent,'"
Ask yourself, how are movies watched on "computers, tablets and smartphones,"
Craig? Do you think they pick up MPEG-2 TS streams, on these devices? It's
*not* just preferences, Craig. Read and comprehend. It's plainly written.
And this is why I contend that any emphasis placed on "linear," to define
VMVPD, simply shows how irrelevant that term will be. The FCC is trying to set
up fairness rules, when the medium is moving ahead a whole lot faster than
Craig or the FCC can keep up with.
It is not news that more than 50% of Millennials "prefer" OTT
services to linear TV, or that they use computers, tablets and
smartphone to watch TV.
It takes an inordinately long amount of time for Craig to learn new things, I
must repeat.
Bert
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