Changing CHANNELS
The average New Zealander owns between six and seven devices – from televisions and tablets to smartphones. Together these allow us to consume a never-ending diet of programs. Nielsen’s 2016 New Zealand multiscreen report found that Kiwis watch more than 23 hours of television a week, 90 percent of which is viewed live. And that doesn’t take into account the time spent watching on devices…
Too much TV viewing has been linked to a range of poor health issues – primarily due to the fact that watching TV usually means spending hours sitting down. And this has been linked to an increased risk of obesity, diabetes and colorectal cancer. Researchers at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Australia have also made a link between the amount of time spent sitting in front of the telly and
