287
Study: Streamers Now Wasting Record Amounts of Time Finding Something to Watch
(www.tvtechnology.com)
this post was submitted on 03 Sep 2023
287 points (96.1% liked)
Movies and TV Shows
45 readers
2 users here now
General discussion about movies and TV shows.
Spoilers are strictly forbidden in post titles.
Posts soliciting spoilers (endings, plot elements, twists, etc.) should contain
[spoilers]in their title. Comments in these posts do not need to be hidden in spoiler MarkDown if they pertain to the title's subject matter.
Otherwise, spoilers but must be contained in MarkDown as follows:
::: your spoiler warning
the crazy movie ending that no one saw coming!
:::
Your mods are here to help if you need any clarification!
Subcommunities: The Bear (FX) - [!thebear@lemmy.film](/c/thebear @lemmy.film)
Related communities: !entertainment@beehaw.org !moviesuggestions@lemmy.world
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
"Streamer" has been a widely-used entertainment-industry term for streaming companies for years. It's not a new thing people are making up to be cute.
Why not just 'viewers'?
It's not referring to viewers in the title though, it's talking about the streaming services
Combining those, it sounds to me like their usage of "streamers" is referring to the viewers. If they meant the services, it'd read more like "Streamers now wasting record amounts of people's time".
Streaming platform\service is how I've heard them being refered for years in different languages.
For how long? First time I heard that term was when Vinesauce started streaming via Livestream around 2010-ish (I didn't watch them during their Livestream days, wish I had; sounds like they had a neat setup).
Edit: justin.tv originally launched in 2007, which would have potentially put it before Netflix's announcement to start a streaming service.