Today's Television Doesn't Stay in the Living Room
Does television still happen in the living room? Yes, but it doesn't stop there. Today's television is watched on smart TVs, tablets, laptops, and smartphones. While the technology has expanded where people watch, the experience of watching television remains surprisingly familiar.
Have you ever noticed that television doesn't really stay in one room anymore?
Years ago, if someone said they were watching TV, you probably pictured a living room with a single television sitting against the wall. Families gathered around it to watch the evening news, a favorite sitcom, a big football game, or a movie on a Friday night.
That picture still exists. It just isn't the whole picture anymore.
Today, someone might start watching a movie on the living room television, finish it on a tablet in bed, and catch the rest on a phone while waiting for an appointment the next day. Another person may watch the morning news on a laptop while getting ready for work. Someone else may stream a documentary from the back porch using a smart device. The location changed but he habit didn't.
That's what I find so interesting about the evolution of television. We often focus on the technology because it's new, but the behavior feels very familiar. We're still sitting down to relax. We're still following our favorite series. We're still watching live sports, local news, documentaries, and movies. We're simply doing it on more screens than we used to.
In many ways, people now carry their television with them. That doesn't mean the living room disappeared. In fact, the television in the family room is still where many households spend time together. The difference is that television no longer depends on one room or even one device. It has become flexible enough to fit into everyday life wherever people happen to be.
That's one of the reasons the conversation around Close Reach TV (CTV)™ makes so much sense to me.
When people hear the term Connected TV, they sometimes imagine a completely new form of media. But most of us aren't consuming something entirely different.
We're still watching television just the delivery changed, the screens multiplied but the experience remained.
As television continued evolving, it also created new opportunities for organizations to build visibility within today's streaming environment. Whether someone is watching from the couch, the kitchen table, or a mobile device while traveling, the familiar experience of television continues to be part of everyday life.
Maybe that's the biggest change of all. Television didn't leave the living room it simply stopped being confined to it.
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