Published in CST Online
Author John Ellis

The Covid-19 lockdown means that there’s a lot more TV viewing going on. Those TV scholars who are obsessed with Netflix and binge-watching will be missing the resurgence of broadcast TV. In Easter week, 6-12 April, “viewing to BARB measured TV grew by 23% in all time, 34% in daytime and 12% in 7pm-10.30pm peak, compared with the same, non-Easter week in 2019” according to Broadcast magazine.