Worldwide TV daily viewing rises 20 minutes in ten years

[Daniel Frome]

I think TV viewership will continue to increase for a long time to come. True, there are sectors of (mostly western, young) audiences that are turning to the internet, but isn’t stopping the over all trend.

[Don Walker]

[Christian Schumacher] “”In 2011, the average worldwide daily viewing time reached three hours and 16 minutes per person per day, an increase of six minutes compared to 2011, but of 20 minutes over ten years.””

This brings about a question, that I have wanted to ask for a long time. Of the people who frequent this forum, how much TV do you watch? I’m lucky if I watch 3 hours a week, much less, 3+ hours a day. Yet I love producing, shooting, editing etc. I’ve always wondered if there is something wrong with me.

Most of my work i do is for churches and non profits, though there was a time 20 years ago where you could watch any of the network affiliates in Atlanta, and every commercial break would have a spot that I edited, and sometimes the whole break would be my spots….. Or so it seemed. Back then I would watch 2 or so hours a night, if I wasn’t editing.

don walker
texarkana, texas

John 3:16

[Rafael Amador]

That statistic means that somebody must to watch almost 6 hours a day for the little TV I watch.
Normally I only watch the news, while I’m having lunch and dinner. Some times a documentary or a debate.
I have to recognize that, where I live, I have no much choice available, but I don’t really miss it.
When I’m in holidays I may watch a couple of hours, mostly documentaries, and some times a movie.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Gary Huff]

[Don Walker]I’m lucky if I watch 3 hours a week, much less, 3+ hours a day. Yet I love producing, shooting, editing etc. I’ve always wondered if there is something wrong with me.

I definitely cannot watch more than 2 hours a day, and most of my TV viewing is about 5 hours for the week at most.

[Jonathan White]

No telly, probably watch an hour a month!!! Actually when I do I get ideas for programmes…… or feel smug about how much crap is on!! I bet most TV professionals don’t watch much….commissioning editors tell us to watch more so we have a better idea of what they want but I find that depressing 🙁
Johnny

Seanchas Productions, Galway, Ireland

[Herb Sevush]

[Don Walker] “Of the people who frequent this forum, how much TV do you watch?”

I spend over 40 hours a week watching shows that will end up on TV, does that count?

Other than that I watch about 3 sporting events a week, more during baseball season, plus about 2 hours of HBO stuff on the weekends, and the Daily Show and Steven Colbert whenever they’re not on re-runs. Throw in the occasional TCM movie, Law & Order re-run or HBO special and I guess that makes me the philistine of the group.

Herb Sevush
Zebra Productions
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nothin’ attached to nothin’
“Deciding the spine is the process of editing” F. Bieberkopf

[Timothy Auld]

If you mean something that is actually on TV at a given moment then, other than some live sports events, the answer is almost zero. Now there are certain shows that I will catch up with on demand when I have time. In the case of shows that I follow I will often wait until an entire season is available to buy and then when I have free time I can watch the entire season in a few days. I actually find this more satisfying (and doable timewise) than watching weekly installments.

Tim

[Richard Cardonna]

What would be interesting imop is how much content is being watched overall. as to include movie,internet,dvd,… That realy would measure the growth of the industry. TV as we know it is a goner.

RC

[Misha Aranyshev]

I’m in Russia so I don’t watch TV at all.

[Don Walker]

[Michael Aranyshev] “I’m in Russia so I don’t watch TV at all.”

Really? Surely there is something to watch on Russian TV?

don walker
texarkana, texas

John 3:16