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1. Do you watch broadcast TV in your area and where are you located?
Only local news basically in the Rochester, NY area
2. Do you listen to traditional broadcast radio? When and Where?
I listen to talk radio, especially when I do work.
3. Do you still go to the movie theater regularly or wait for the DVD? Why?
I go to the theater rarely because most films don't merit the time, effort and money it takes to go to the movies anymore. There is also the fact that theaters are now putting in ads before the movie which should result in lower ticket prices but instead they are higher. I usually wait for DVD/Blu ray or cable.
4. Do you have cable, satellite or rabbit ears?
Cable
5. Where do you get the majority of your entertainment/ information from (i.e. radio, T.V, printed publications, the internet, CD, DVD etc...)?
News I get from cable, talk radio and newspapers and entertainment from TV, DVD/blu-ray. I generally avoid seeing shows on the internet (although I have done it) because it is not the same as watching it on a TV.
6. What do you think is the current state of and future for traditional broadcasting?
There seems to be a movement to homogenize most of cable TV into pleasing the 18-34 age bracket. So whatever niche that a cable network is supposedly serving is more and more being filtered through the effort to gain this demographic.
This is why reality shows are intruding on the classic TV that TVLand is supposed to show. Cable network broadcast choices seemed to be more centered around the alchemy of gaining proper demographics than building and maintaining loyal viewers through being an advocate for a certain type of quality programming.
Broadcasters are also becoming more relentlessly intrusive in not only increasing commercial time per hour but indulging in graphical promos for other programming during the show and crowding out closing credits for even more promos. It's starting to seem that what you are watching on the channel at that time isn't nearly as important as the show they want you to watch later on and are promoting multiple times during commercial breaks, during the show through graphical overlays and during the credits.
By the time they are done with the multiple promos (I once counted 6 for one show during a half hour show I was actually watching) you not only feel as if you have already seen the show they are promoting, but are already tired of it.
There is an ever increasing lack of care in the presentation of shows and movies in favor of this ever constant and obnoxious promotion. It insults the intelligence of the viewer because it's as if they are saying you have to have a promo constantly hammered into your head to lure you to watch a show (when the fact is a promoted show that I was mildly interested in gave way to discouragement for ever looking at it due to the copious promotion).
When internet streaming is more established and the common TV is able to stream from the internet, it may cause problems for cable but as long as they begin to worry about quality, presentation and loyalty building more they will survive.
Only local news basically in the Rochester, NY area
2. Do you listen to traditional broadcast radio? When and Where?
I listen to talk radio, especially when I do work.
3. Do you still go to the movie theater regularly or wait for the DVD? Why?
I go to the theater rarely because most films don't merit the time, effort and money it takes to go to the movies anymore. There is also the fact that theaters are now putting in ads before the movie which should result in lower ticket prices but instead they are higher. I usually wait for DVD/Blu ray or cable.
4. Do you have cable, satellite or rabbit ears?
Cable
5. Where do you get the majority of your entertainment/ information from (i.e. radio, T.V, printed publications, the internet, CD, DVD etc...)?
News I get from cable, talk radio and newspapers and entertainment from TV, DVD/blu-ray. I generally avoid seeing shows on the internet (although I have done it) because it is not the same as watching it on a TV.
6. What do you think is the current state of and future for traditional broadcasting?
There seems to be a movement to homogenize most of cable TV into pleasing the 18-34 age bracket. So whatever niche that a cable network is supposedly serving is more and more being filtered through the effort to gain this demographic.
This is why reality shows are intruding on the classic TV that TVLand is supposed to show. Cable network broadcast choices seemed to be more centered around the alchemy of gaining proper demographics than building and maintaining loyal viewers through being an advocate for a certain type of quality programming.
Broadcasters are also becoming more relentlessly intrusive in not only increasing commercial time per hour but indulging in graphical promos for other programming during the show and crowding out closing credits for even more promos. It's starting to seem that what you are watching on the channel at that time isn't nearly as important as the show they want you to watch later on and are promoting multiple times during commercial breaks, during the show through graphical overlays and during the credits.
By the time they are done with the multiple promos (I once counted 6 for one show during a half hour show I was actually watching) you not only feel as if you have already seen the show they are promoting, but are already tired of it.
There is an ever increasing lack of care in the presentation of shows and movies in favor of this ever constant and obnoxious promotion. It insults the intelligence of the viewer because it's as if they are saying you have to have a promo constantly hammered into your head to lure you to watch a show (when the fact is a promoted show that I was mildly interested in gave way to discouragement for ever looking at it due to the copious promotion).
When internet streaming is more established and the common TV is able to stream from the internet, it may cause problems for cable but as long as they begin to worry about quality, presentation and loyalty building more they will survive.
)...we try and hit the drive-in once a year (wife included)
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