Too much streaming content is causing viewer ‘paralysis’
Too
much streaming content is causing viewer ‘paralysis’: Nielsen
Nielsen’s
new Total Audience Report found that the average TV viewer takes seven minutes
just to pick what to watch.
Chalk
it up to too much choice. The proliferation of streaming
services such as Netflix and Hulu and video-on-demand (VOD) options is leading
to “paralysis among consumers,” according to Deadline.
Homes
with internet-enabled TV-connected devices spiked from 67 percent to 72 percent
— and households with subscription VOD services rose to 70 percent from 65
percent, Broadcasting & Cable reports.
Still,
among adult subscription-video-on-demand (SVOD) users, only a third of them
bother to browse the menu to find content, with 21 percent saying they simply
give up watching if they’re unable to make a choice when bombarded with
options.
“There
is a correlation between access to internet-enabled TV-connected devices and
subscription-based video-on-demand (SVOD) services,” Nielsen notes in its
report. “These are now available in seven out of 10 TV households, up from 65
percent in June 2018. SVOD services are also in nearly three out of four
Hispanic and eight out of 10 Asian-American households.”
On the
other hand, 58 percent of traditional pay-TV consumers say they’re more likely
to go back to their favorite channels if they can’t make up their minds. (It’s
a good thing there’s always a “Housewives” marathon to fall back on.)
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