What People Watch

What People Watch: Mr Bates vs Netflix

On New Year’s Day the nation’s largest commercial broadcaster, ITV, and Netflix, the largest pureplay VOD service, gave us two stories of intrigue and deception, one true, the other fictional. The headline viewing figures have been well publicised. The first episode of ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office won a seven-day audience of 9.2m. […]

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What People Watch: Three themes from '23

Welcome to 2024. In reviewing 2023 three items have recurred more than most. We will tackle each one in more detail below. In short they are:   The idea that watching on-demand or via a streaming service dominates viewers’ time. YouTube. It features in almost every discussion about TV. We commented on the growing importance […]

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