Behind The Golden Age of Streaming Sites

their fingers and hope their selected channels offer it. With streaming providers, however, people don’t have to stress about the uncertainty of finding sources of entertainment at a specific time or by

After asking students if they owned any streaming sites via the Prospective’s official social media, approximately 83% of students voted that they are subscribed to streaming sites, while 2% voted that they subscribed to cable only and 15% voted that they are subscrbed to both streaming and cable networks.

Senior Hannah Brewer states that most of her classroom peers watch streaming sites over cable.

“I think most of my peers use streaming sites instead of cable,” Brewer says. “In one of my classes I did a presentation over a character on one of my favorite T.V. shows and the class was asked [what] I watched the show on and I replied with a channel on cable. Most of the class then said they never watched cable and had never heard of that channel before.” Brewer said she owns both cable and streaming sites, and tends to spend about an hour to an hour and a half on streaming sites a week.

Senior Sabian Murry detailed how streaming sites can offer great convenience if one wishes to watch something specific at a given time.

“Personally, I probably spend around three hours a week on streaming services,” Murry said. “I feel like streaming services are used more than cable, just because there’s less ads and you can watch things on demand.”

Farewell to Channel Surfing: The Future of Streaming Sites and Cable

recording. By simply searching the name or genre of media they wanted to watch, people could find it in a matter of seconds. Virtual Private Networks—or VPN’s—made the list of entertainment even longer for many individuals, as there are practically no regional limitations when using VPN apps.

The ability to find a particular source of media so rapidly on streaming sites has affected the lives of many individuals.

Senior Ashleigh Byles mentions some common streaming sites students might use.

“Sometimes the topic of shows comes up and they watch streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu,” Byles said.

Byles also stated that she spends an average of 12-13 hours on streaming sites a week and said that she has cable, but she does not spend a lot of time using it.

Although many individuals will continue to use cable, the popularity of streaming sites continues to grow.

With this impressive growth of streaming sites, cable seems to slowly be fading into oblivion in the modern generation. This isn’t to say that individuals are not using it anymore. According to an article written by John W. Schoenberg of CNBC, the revenue of cable TV has not had any noticeable declines.

Despite this, the question remains: as streaming sites continue to have more and more subscribers, does this mean cable will entirely fade into obscurity? With streaming sites on the rise, and after analyzing many student opinions and study articles, the answer remains unclear.

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39% of students have reported smoking weed

12% of students reported vapeing/ smokeing e-cigarettes

13% of students reported to have smoked weed at school.