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TV Execs Warn FCC: NextGen TV DRM Could Turn Free TV Into Gambling and Pay-TV Platforms (www.antennaland.com)
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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

I can almost guarantee you that nobody under the age of 30 gives a singly flying fuck about having an antenna on a television. They’re probably watching more than half their media on their phone or tablet anyway.

...and...

if you asked a kid in their twenties if they even knew what an antenna for a television was they’d probably go “what the fuck are you even talking about?”

I'm not sure that's accurate. Gen Z and younger are apparently re-embracing OTA TV.

"The study found that younger viewers now over-index on digital antenna usage compared to their older (50+ year-old) counterparts (23% and 15%, respectively). " source

I'm much older but OTA TV is still a nearly daily use in our house even if the same content is available on various streaming services. DVR means skipping commecials while also getting a much better image quality than highly compressed streaming.

We found OTA TV is a great compliment to streaming. There's no need to pay a cable/satellite subscription, you don't have to constantly worry about that bill going up year over year or a local channel being blacked out because of contract disputes. There's no "service" to have to worry about going out.