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With the growth of streaming services, the prevalence of VOD and Australia’s shocking piracy record, it can seem like more people are cutting the cord and choosing to plug in elsewhere. According to the latest iteration of the 2017 Australian Video Viewing Report, however, Australians are still averaging two hours and twenty-seven minutes each day watching free-to-air (FTA) and/or subscription channels on in-home televisions – merely a drop of forty-three minutes (or 23 per cent) since 2010.
Fewer people may be watching FTA, but that doesn’t mean they’re not interested in what’s on offer. OzTAM estimates that, in a month, 347 million minutes of Australian broadcasters’ online content is viewed on connected devices, comprising 258 million minutes of catch-up and on-demand material as
