This is one of the graphs on The Spinoff website which show that since 2011, the ratings for the Mainstream TV channels in NZ have steadily declined. The fall has been greatest among 18-34 years olds: nearly 70%. Extending the age range to 54 shows a fall of nearly half. Among all ages 5+ the decline in TV viewing has been about 40%.
The ever-increasing speed of Internet connections and streaming Movie and TV program content from websites like Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu and many other entertainment providers have been the principal causes. It shows why the Jacinda regime is so concerned about the decreasing effectiveness of their paid NZ Mainstream Media propagandists when ever fewer people are viewing them, and requires Social Media sites like Facebook, Twitter and others to acede to their censorship of Free Speech wants.
The TV channels are well aware of the switch to on-demand streaming services and now offer their own.
My wife and self are both over the the age of sixty plus and to listen to the paid media these days is like watching pigs wallowing in a pool of sh-t. Truth does not seem to matter these days. Disgusting and do not watch anymore. Even the Weather is tainted with some foreign made up language
Agree 1936horse. I am over 70 and I don’t watch it either. I sometimes watch the evening news, but do a lot of shouting at the screen. I don’t know how those news readers sleep at night – they are paid for reading lies. I am glad the ratings are so low, and look forward to them going lower. Like CNN, go out of business. Serve them right for being liars. The whole caboodle are sickening.