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Is terrestrial broadcast TV and radio a dying platform? I've not used my TV licence now for months. Just watch Netflix, IPlayer and YouTube which is enough viewing for anyone.

Flettie 7 July 18
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I have worked for two different internet streaming radio stations or platforms. Dash Radio and YO Radio both have experienced major growth in the last few years.

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TV is still pretty damn good sometimes. Breaking Bad? Dexter? Better Call Saul? All superb television shows.

Commercial radio sucks ass and it has since the 1970's. I haven't voluntarily listened to commercial radio in over 30 years (with the exception of sports talk radio). These days I use Deezer and Pandora.

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Tv isn’t so much dying as it is changing. Traditional cable will morph into streaming service aggregators, which will be what replaces netflix and amazon’s service. Radio is still widely used. I doubt that will be going away any time soon.

Katrik Level 7 July 18, 2018

Tried Internet radio? Blows the broadcasters out of the park

@Flettie I’m thinking car travel. Most people still use radio in their car to some extent

@Katrik Hmm - I can't stand the incessant babble of presenters telling me how excited they are about this and that, Mr angry on those silly phone ins and the like I stream music and language learning programmes using 4G services in the car. I suspect that 4g is not as ubiquitous or as dense in the US as it is here in the UK

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Hello from the US. Curious about the TV licence. What is a TV license and why do you need one? I heard it referenced on an episode of Detectorists.

You need a licence in the UK to operate TV receivers the funds go to pay for all the BBC services except foreign language services

@Flettie Thanks. I had no idea. We don't have that kind of system here. Viewers don't have to pay for terrestial (antennae) TV. Most have cable which people like me cut after spending well over $100 a month for and usually ended up watching 3 cable channels. I was spending most of the time streaming channels like Netflix, Hulu, Acorn and Amazon. Radio here is god awful. Most stations are owned by a handful of companies that strangled the music industry.

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Can't speak for the UK but in the states, (no TV license program) I, unlike most in this area, do not have cable TV (about a hundred US dollars a month) I do watch over the air (5 antennas in the attic) about two hours a day. Cable TV I have noted, is becoming less important thanks to the Internet.

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