Kids In 'Netflix Only' Homes Are Being Saved From 230 Hours of Commercials a Year, Says Report

[DEAD7]

We pulled numbers from the National Institute of Health, and found that children are watching 2.68 hours of television a day (in some cases, up to nine hours). In homes with more technology devices like tablets and kid-accessible computers, screen time jumps by approximately one hour per day. Currently, the average hour of television contains 14.25 minutes of commercials, or about 24% of airtime. Networks are even speeding up shows to cram more commercials into each episode.
With that in mind, if a kid were watching traditional television, they would be seeing 230 hours of commercials a year, or 9.6 days. Netflix, and other services with kid-specific offerings like Amazon Video and Hulu, make it much easier for parents to control their kids' entertainment options. They offer an easy way to keep a child entertained with no commercial interruption.
REPORT: Kids in 'Netflix Only' Homes are Being Saved from 230 Hours of Commercials a Year

 

[hashmander]

interesting. although i thought people who cut the cord and pay for netflix/amazon/hul also had antennas and smart tvs (or 3rd party add-ons) from which they streamed their subscription services.

 

[88m3]

lucky b*stards

 

[StatUS]

I wish what was a Netflix was enough for me sometimes

 

[Shogun]

Or kids in "DVR everything homes".

My kids learned how to fast forward at 4

 

[Geek Nasty]

IT was inevitable. TV channels got greedy and started hammering you with commercials. When there were only a few in a row, it wasn't a problem. I remember as a kid, commercial breaks were always 4 in a row. Just long enough to use the bathroom. Now, they think you're going to sit through 10 minutes of that shyt because they teased some bullshyt finale.

 

[levitate]

Yeah. On the extremely rare occasion that we're watching a show on cable my daughter is confused/astounded by the concept of commercials.

"Where's my show? "

 

[Serious]

Interesting

 

[Nikki_04]

Netflix doesn't offer enough online for me to give up my cable. Although it would be great to not feel the need to have cable.

 

[radio rahiem]

Commercials

 

[Jimi Swagger]

Lucky kids. What are the age demographics? From the linked articles looks like they are toddlers and preschoolers from photos. What type of parents permit kids to consume 3 hours of programming daily? If it wasn't a book or educational toys like Alphie or Oregon Trail on the Macintosh or interactive games like "learn your colors and counting by helping me with the laundry". We could only watch small amounts of PBS and the news. Bob Ross was the homie. Cartoons on the weekends (though my dad is more lenient and let me sneak some in with him). Only when visited hood relatives were we able to watch hours of TV while snacking on unlimited amounts of King Vitamin cereal. Probably why my sibling uses my Netflix account more than me.

 

[Pitfalls0117]

I only watch charge network on my antenna so the only ads I see are for mesothelioma class action lawsuits, jg Wentworth, catheters, Farmers only, super beta prostate, etc

 

[Mowgli]

Article had to be made by someone with no children because these same kids have tablets TV's and laptops with youtube where they watch programming that are essentially commericals.

If ur kid is watching Ryan's toy review he's watching an infomercial for children