I’ve completely gotten out of the habit of flicking through tv channels now. Even though our TV has freeview built in I haven’t even bothered to configure it.
We use an app called Smarttubenext on our TV and for me it’s mostly replaced our “live TV” usage.
Wide_Midnight_2364 on
Don’t let the BBC know, they’ll want us to pay their license on it.
Glittering_Copy8907 on
No surprise – YouTube has some exceptional creators, putting out genuinely good material. Some of the long form documentary type videos I watch are better than anything I’ve seen on TV.
And with the state of other streaming services, I’d rather bung a niche creator a few quid a month to get content I desperately want to sit down and watch than be paying a variety of huge corps for mediocre shite.
pubemaster_uno on
Can’t wait for the BBC to claim that we should pay them in order to be able to watch YouTube, then they can continue to pay national treasures like Huw Edwards and Gary Lineker the big bucks.
likely-high on
Imagine if 20 years ago the BBC built something similar. Funded the infrastructure with part of the licence fee and paid out a creator program.
namboozle on
I’ve been paying for YouTube Premium for a few years now, and it’s worth every penny. There’s an endless supply of quality content which can’t be said for traditional TV networks.
Apprehensive_Bus_543 on
Oh dear a stream of dumb ass comments comparing the BBC to YouTube incoming.
JoJoeyJoJo on
They’ll make it so you can’t watch a video without a government ID then.
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oculusbytes on
Oh no! What are they gonna’ do – ban that too? ID requirement?
CyberPunkDongTooLong on
Don’t believe for a second more time is spent watching BBC than YouTube.
Look at the methodology in the OfCom report… Ah. This is clearly worthless and massively biased towards TV channels.
“. Barb’s panel
consists of a nationally representative panel of approximately 7,000 homes (approximately 16,000
individuals). The data that Barb collects includes viewing of broadcast TV through TV sets and via any
devices attached to TV sets, such as computers, streaming devices, or set-top boxes. Barb also
captures device-based ‘big data’ whenever anyone in the UK watches a broadcaster’s video-on-
demand (BVoD) service on a connected device, as well as some viewing data for online streaming
services (VSPs and SVoD/AVoD) on TV sets, and for devices not connected to the TV being watched
at home via WiFi. Barb does not capture out-of-home viewing.”
YouTube is clearly massively ahead of BBC.
rebo_arc on
I can’t have any sympathy for the BBC when it treats innocent people as criminals.
Kozpot on
Probably cus mainstream TV is absolute dross these days.
Ok-Purpose5684 on
I only use iPlayer to watch a few shows and whatever movies get uploaded, other than that it’s all YouTube .
granite-barrel on
I’m shocked it’s not first, there must be lots of OAPs leaving the BBC on in the background all day making up those numbers…
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I’ve completely gotten out of the habit of flicking through tv channels now. Even though our TV has freeview built in I haven’t even bothered to configure it.
We use an app called Smarttubenext on our TV and for me it’s mostly replaced our “live TV” usage.
Don’t let the BBC know, they’ll want us to pay their license on it.
No surprise – YouTube has some exceptional creators, putting out genuinely good material. Some of the long form documentary type videos I watch are better than anything I’ve seen on TV.
And with the state of other streaming services, I’d rather bung a niche creator a few quid a month to get content I desperately want to sit down and watch than be paying a variety of huge corps for mediocre shite.
Can’t wait for the BBC to claim that we should pay them in order to be able to watch YouTube, then they can continue to pay national treasures like Huw Edwards and Gary Lineker the big bucks.
Imagine if 20 years ago the BBC built something similar. Funded the infrastructure with part of the licence fee and paid out a creator program.
I’ve been paying for YouTube Premium for a few years now, and it’s worth every penny. There’s an endless supply of quality content which can’t be said for traditional TV networks.
Oh dear a stream of dumb ass comments comparing the BBC to YouTube incoming.
They’ll make it so you can’t watch a video without a government ID then.
[deleted]
Oh no! What are they gonna’ do – ban that too? ID requirement?
Don’t believe for a second more time is spent watching BBC than YouTube.
Look at the methodology in the OfCom report… Ah. This is clearly worthless and massively biased towards TV channels.
“. Barb’s panel
consists of a nationally representative panel of approximately 7,000 homes (approximately 16,000
individuals). The data that Barb collects includes viewing of broadcast TV through TV sets and via any
devices attached to TV sets, such as computers, streaming devices, or set-top boxes. Barb also
captures device-based ‘big data’ whenever anyone in the UK watches a broadcaster’s video-on-
demand (BVoD) service on a connected device, as well as some viewing data for online streaming
services (VSPs and SVoD/AVoD) on TV sets, and for devices not connected to the TV being watched
at home via WiFi. Barb does not capture out-of-home viewing.”
YouTube is clearly massively ahead of BBC.
I can’t have any sympathy for the BBC when it treats innocent people as criminals.
Probably cus mainstream TV is absolute dross these days.
I only use iPlayer to watch a few shows and whatever movies get uploaded, other than that it’s all YouTube .
I’m shocked it’s not first, there must be lots of OAPs leaving the BBC on in the background all day making up those numbers…