2016 was the first year more movies were streamed
than played on DVDs. Amazing, since DVDs were first invented in
1995 by Panasonic, Philips, Sony and Toshiba. Of course, other
formats had been around for a number of years before that. Hmm,
over the hill at the tender young age of 22.
The first basic cable
network, launched via satellite in 1976, was Ted Turner's
superstation WTCG. A May 2017 study from Fluent LLC asked
internet users about their cable and TV habits. Across age
groups, 67 percent of people reported using a video streaming
service, such as Hulu, Netflix, or Amazon Prime video. Cable
subscriptions, which peaked during 2000, was reported by 61
percent of responders.
Incidentally, during
2008, cable subscribers had 129 channels to choose from, and
they watched an average of 17 channels in a given week. Five
years later, they had 189 channels, and were still watching
only 17.5. Their bills have doubled or more since 2000.