No matter what shows you enjoy, you'll have several options when it comes to accessing and viewing the programs you know and love.
Lately, there's been a lot of talk about cord cutting and "over the top" content delivery, a phenomenon that's got cable and network execs in a panic. Basically, many people have figured out that we don't need a cable box, a subscription to service and a huge monthly bill to get popular television shows.
The newest generation of lifehackers have eliminated traditional television in the same way that their forebears all but eliminated the landline telephone, and they've done so largely thanks to the Internet.
DVD subscription services such as Netflix and Redbox remain popular, but they've also got on-demand streaming capabilities -- a fact that's helped push Blockbuster into bankruptcy. And Hulu is getting bigger (in terms of its content offerings and in terms of site traffic) all the time; it even launched a subscription service, Hulu Plus, over the summer.
And let's not forget the questionably moral, definitely illegal but perennially popular practice of peer-to-peer downloading of television episodes, seasons and movies. Clients such as BitTorrent, Vuze, µTorrent and others make P2P simple, cause P2P traffic to grow and even make filesharing apps competitors with streaming video sites for users' time and traffic.
So, here's our question for you today:
How will you be getting the new fall TV lineup?Market Research