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Old 10-08-2013, 21:23
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Netflix is “not cannibalising traditional TV viewing”

TiVo Research and Analytics, Inc. (TRA) has released findings from a study on the traditional TV tuning behaviours of self-identified Netflix subscribers. The data showed that subscribing to Netflix is not cannibalising the amount of linear television viewing in TiVo households.

There is no significant difference in the amount of traditional TV viewing between the self-reported Netflix and non-Netflix households, nor did either group differ from the overall TV viewing population.
http://www.ibeconnects.com/NewsArtic...4-cdd8592dbf83

Early days maybe?
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Old 11-08-2013, 20:55
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while I am only one person, I have not watched normal TV at home since January last year. all my viewing is Netflix. My nephew also do the same, I am pretty sure there are some more around.
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Old 12-08-2013, 01:09
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The report is not surprising really, Netflix just does not have enough quality content to replace TV for normal viewers, far too limited a range even if you access the US site. There is a place for Netflix and Lovefilm et al but I think the impact of 'catchup TV/on demand' with the likes of Youview is changing how we watch traditional television where we are now free to a degree of the constraints of the broadcast schedule and can watch as and when we want.

We have Netflix and Lovefilm but the TV license is still far better value for money IMHO.
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Old 12-08-2013, 09:25
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I don't think you can put too much weight behind the findings. Its TIVO doing a study about their own users with the data being collected automatically.

Cord cutters don't buy a TIVO, TIVO purchasers do so not to use the Netflix app but to record Live TV so the results were always going to skew in TIVO's favour
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Old 12-08-2013, 09:28
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I suppose it depends on what you want at the end of the day. I just got fed up of the BBC and in my opinion I did not think they was worth the money.

I think the main reason why my Nephew used it only was because where he lived at the time, there was no aerial and a indoor one did not work so well, so Netflix was the best way to go. I think he now watches TV, but he lives in a shared house now, so they all pay for the TV licence. Before anyone says it is a shared house, not bedsits, so only one licence required.


So far I have been happy with Netflix, it offers what I want, even if I have been having a few problems over the last couple of days, that is due to Netflix, not my internet. they have been mucking around with their streaming which have produced Us-unblock and Ps3 to have some problems. Ok now, or it was last night. I was still able to use the Wii.

I agree that on-demand will have a effect, but I don't think it will have a huge effect yet.

The way people are watching their TV is changing, you got some who watches it on tablets and phones, how on earth they can do that I don't know. Families don't sit down and watch Tv like they did when I was younger, mainly because most people got more than one TV in the house and there are lots of ways now to get TV.

but even so I still think it will be a few years before it effects traditional linier Tv.
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Old 10-05-2016, 16:17
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For over 2 years I have not watched any live TV I watch Netflix and Amazon and have a large collection of DVD's. I could not go back to watching TV shows with dog tags or adverts. The only problem I could see is if you watch sport you probably need live TV for that. Watching live TV was a bad habit I got into but these days with all the online content that you can watch when you want its worth thinking about. Try it out for a few months and if its for you. detune your TV and remove your ariel cables. You can then apply for a TV license refund. If you check out this site it will give you details to ensure you are Legally license free TV LICENCE RESISTANCE
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Old 11-05-2016, 12:40
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The report is not surprising really, Netflix just does not have enough quality content to replace TV for normal viewers, far too limited a range even if you access the US site. There is a place for Netflix and Lovefilm et al but I think the impact of 'catchup TV/on demand' with the likes of Youview is changing how we watch traditional television where we are now free to a degree of the constraints of the broadcast schedule and can watch as and when we want.

We have Netflix and Lovefilm but the TV license is still far better value for money IMHO.
I guess it depends what you watch, again I am only one person but I am pretty much done with linear TV, all my viewing is now some for m of VoD, Netflix, Amazon, Now TV and the various catch up services, with the exception of Now TV all of that is delivered through the Amazon Fire TV.

My Tivo only now gets powered on if I accidentaly select that activity on my Harmony remote or the cat decides to sit on the power strip the Tivo is plugged into and switches of the mains supply.
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Old 11-05-2016, 21:34
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The only thing I've watched this year since January on 'linear TV' is The Voice and even that was on the live stream in iPlayer.

I don't have a Tivo though, so perhaps they should widen their survey?
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Old 12-05-2016, 17:35
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Some of the shows I watch are on Freeview and some are on Netflix so I use both. To me services like Netflix are more of an add-on than a replacement for linear TV.
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Old 12-05-2016, 19:29
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I haven't watched live TV since I got broadband in 2002 or so.
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Old 08-06-2016, 11:16
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I have access to both Netflix and NowTV on my TalkTalk Player, but have never seen anything on them I'm remotely interested in.The films always look like the kinds of cheap US imports that you'd tend to see in the 'favourites' section of Blockbusters.
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Old 26-06-2016, 14:39
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I still watch normal TV at times but in the last year or two I have been using the likes of Netflix as well as the catch up players a little more.

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Old 20-07-2016, 12:47
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I haven't watched much live TV since I got Sky years ago. Just news and a little sports. In fact for sports I usually delay watching for about 15-20 minutes or so, so I can fast forward through the half time adverts and punditry.

I do still watch conventional channels but rarely live except for BBC Breakfast.. I also use catch-up services when I miss the start of a series or when I want to catch-up big time (I recently binge watched over a few weeks 6 series of both The Walking Dead and then Game of Thrones to catch up).

I also have Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. I watch them only when they have content that interests me.

Most "normal" TV, with it's mix of so-called "reality" TV shows and soap opera drivel doesn't interest me in the slightest.

Still happy to pay the license fee though for the BBC's news service and documentaries and some dramas.
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