Is the internet killing Australian television?

The internet is corroding traditional television watching, right? Television will be fundamentally different in a decade, Yes?
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While television did not follow this Seventies trailblazer, it is hanging on remarkably well. Image: via Etsy.

The current figures for the rate of change in Australian screen consumption indicate a spectacular uptake of new technology, coupled with little change in viewing habits on the main TV set.

In the last quarter of 2014, according to the latest OzTAM/Nielsen survey, we are watching on average of 90 hours and 27 minutes of broadcast TV per month, which is three hours and six minutes per day.  It has declined by all of 86 seconds/day.

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