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Re:Save PBS. It makes us safer by CharlesW on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @06:27PM (#14046241)
> The world has changed a lot since 1969. Many homes don't even have network television anymore.

All homes with TVs that receive broadcast, cable, or satellite TV have network television.

I think you probably meant broadcast/OTA television, in which case a survey from 2016 shows that 17% of U.S. TV households rely on "broadcast-only" television reception, and that was an increase from the previous year.

However, that number is disproportionately higher in poor, Black, and Hispanic households. For example, it jumps to 26% for households earning less than $30K/year.

Re:Save PBS. It makes us safer by Larrikin on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @06:36PM (#14046306)
I wouldn't be surprised if the number of people getting OTA broadcasting will begin increasing.

I don't know anyone my age that doesn't watch mostly streamed content, but we all have digital antennas for local broadcast and the important live events.

Re:Save PBS. It makes us safer by upofadown on Friday April 07, 2017 @10:54AM (#14060167)
It is increasing, a lot. There was a recent study that had OTA using households increase from 9% in 2013 to 15% in 2016. Or as one headline put it "almost double".

Added: Here are some numbers not from memory:

* http://www.ooyala.com/videomind/blog/ota-usage-growing-more-...

Added2: OK I found my numbers, which were slightly off. Fixed...

* http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170127/tv-antenna-ri...

Re:Save PBS. It makes us safer by Neliquat on Thursday April 06, 2017 @12:14AM (#14047890)
I literally know no one who watches ota. I tried for a while but was quickly confronted with ota quality programming (or lack thereof). The digital antenna is in a box somewhere.