I’ve complained numerous times in this space about the endless claims from media pundits that “TV is dying.” Despite pronouncements by experts like David Carr and miscounted viewership by Nielsen, I can assure you, TV IS NOT DYING. That said, despite a current heyday of creativity and originality — Television does have something wrong with it.
Yes, as Carr pointed out and Nielsen reported, “traditional TV viewing” has eroded. However, it has not been replaced by something other than TV, it’s been replaced by more TV, just on other platforms. In some cases, those other platforms are legal; in other cases they are not. As Brian Stelter demonstrated last week, many twenty-somethings are using their parents’ HBO GO account to watch Girls, without a TV. As TorrentFreak points out, many others are simply stealing TV.
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