{"id":2494,"date":"2018-05-03T23:51:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T04:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/?p=2494"},"modified":"2018-05-03T23:52:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T04:52:33","slug":"streaming-vs-cable-tv-kids-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/2018\/05\/streaming-vs-cable-tv-kids-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"Streaming Vs Cable TV &#8211; Kids Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting article from Bloomberg details the <a title=\"What next? My VCR is obsolete?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-04-25\/netflix-loving-tykes-tune-out-nickelodeon-in-kid-tv-s-worst-year\" target=\"_blank\">struggles Kids&#8217; TV networks are having<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0ratings wise. The three networks specifically named were Nickelodeon, Disney, and Cartoon Network.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, many kids in the 2-11 demographic are getting their content via streaming. In fact, Kids&#8217; TV networks have lost half of their audiences over the past decade; and the article doesn&#8217;t paint a pretty picture moving forward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CableVsStreaming.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2489 size-medium\" title=\"The times, they are a changin'.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CableVsStreaming-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While these networks are trying to establish their own platforms, it sounds like they are significantly behind in the game. Netflix seems to be where it&#8217;s at &#8211; and there are others that are decently positioned (YouTube, Amazon, and Hulu).<\/p>\n<p>TV is still making money &#8211; and quite a lot &#8211; but the trend doesn&#8217;t look good. The younger demographics are really highlighting these issues, but it doesn&#8217;t take an expert to realize this trend is not only going to continue, but it will get worse.<\/p>\n<p>As somebody who has also considered &#8216;cutting the cord&#8217;, I realize the business model for much of the industry is changing. I am curious where it goes &#8211; and who will do something about it to survive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting article from Bloomberg details the struggles Kids&#8217; TV networks are having\u00c2\u00a0ratings wise. The three networks specifically named were Nickelodeon, Disney, and Cartoon Network. Not surprisingly, many kids in the 2-11 demographic are getting their content via streaming. In fact, Kids&#8217; TV networks have lost half of their audiences over the past decade; and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2494"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2499,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2494\/revisions\/2499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pivisuals.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}