Last year British households averaged 3 hours and 45 minutes each of television viewing time per day. Before you jump in thinking that might be a colossal waste of time consider that the education aspects of TV as made available from hundred plus channel cable TV providers such as Virgin Media eat up a good bit of that average. Plus consider that another large percentage of our viewing time is spent watching movies so as to save the costs of going out. TV packages from providers such as SKY TV make it pound foolish to run out to the cinema every weekend. Yes we are all watching more television but we now live in the information age. Our lives are affected instantly by events around the world, events we are made aware of through TV. And should we be remiss in our viewing, Digital TV recorders and on demand TV have us seated in front of the telly during convenient hours. On demand TV coupled with the use of recorders is another factor increasing our viewing time.
Alright we admit that it is not all educational programming. The most watched UK show for all of 2009 was the Britain’s Got Talent Finale with Susan Boyle. That was entertaining stuff and we are watching more TV simply because TV has gotten better. There are more channels and more choices. Digital TV programmes accommodate everyone’s personal taste. Whether you are after FA premier matches or a look at Simon Cowell’s scowl there is something good on every night.
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