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Online Video Begins To Threatens Television

eldavojohn writes, "The BBC has an article reporting that a survey of 2,070 Britons revealed that online viewing is on the rise against television. From the article: 'Some 43% of Britons who watch video from the internet or on a mobile device at least once a week said they watched less normal TV as a result.' The figures the BBC is reporting are up from last year when they ran the same survey. It seems the digital world has disintermediated Magazines, Music, & Newspapers but somehow never really tapped books. Will the internet also take on the role as the family television?"

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  1. Is it online video or internet in general? by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I see it as more people having "something" to do with their time than specifically crappy videos.

    Perhaps the survey questions weren't correct.

    Most people who spend time online have a community - some have slash others have flickr, theres some on youtube and loads in numerous other communities.

    TV cannot give the level of participation the web does.

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