How Has The Digital World Changed The Way We Consume And Create TV?

With modern internet and mobile technology, television can be watched anywhere at anytime. This means you can view your usual programming at a time to suit you. With most broadcasters offering an on demand service that you can watch online, on your mobile phone with most of the latest handsets and even on games consoles such as the PS3. This is a big step from people crowding around a single television set fifty years ago.

With most phones having some form of video camera and with video cameras being cheaper to aquire, more people can create their own shows and programmes without the huge cost big broadcasters have to pay. Also with video sharing sites such as Youtube, these videos can be easily accessed and watched by the entire world.

However generally what cheaper cameras lose in cost they also lose in quality. But with more amatuer videos being shared and watched, people are not fussy about quality. Before now people would go to the cinema to see a big budget film with a lot of special effects because it would look spectacular. But now with films like Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield which are filmed as if from an average handheld home video camera, people are not as bothered about quality.