{"id":131205,"date":"2016-08-04T17:25:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T23:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/04\/tv-consumers-want-trusted-recommendations-and-binge-watching.html"},"modified":"2016-08-04T17:25:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T23:25:28","slug":"tv-consumers-want-trusted-recommendations-and-binge-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/04\/tv-consumers-want-trusted-recommendations-and-binge-watching.html","title":{"rendered":"TV consumers want trusted recommendations and binge watching"},"content":{"rendered":"

NBC's internal research indicates that at least half of viewers are unlikely to watch a new show until they hear something positive about it — but they won't pick up an existing show (esp. in season 2) if they can't easily access \/ binge on everything that has come before.<\/p>\n

That's one of the down sides of having ongoing storylines. And in the past that problem was insurmountable. But now it's easy … if the networks are willing to leave things up for streaming without playing fee-for-watching games.<\/p>\n

I don't envy any media creator or purveyor in trying to come up with a financial model that works both for their bottom line and for their consumers. But what the consumer want, at least, is not a mystery.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nViewers Won’t Adopt Existing Series If They Can’t Easily Access All Past Episodes, NBC Research Chief Says – TCA<\/a><\/span>
\nNearly half of viewers say they wait until they’ve heard good things about a show before they will start watching it, said Alan Wurtzel, NBC’s President of Research and Media Developmen…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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NBC's internal research indicates that at least half of viewers are unlikely to watch a new show until they hear something positive about it — but they won't pick up an existing show (esp. in season 2) if they can't easily access \/ binge on everything that has come before. 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