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How do you watch TV and films at home?

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Poll started 4 Jun 2013
Modern technology has revolutionised ways to watch TV – it’s no longer just a case of plugging the big box into an aerial.Please select ALL the TV-watching services you use by following the link below to this week's poll:
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It has NowTV, but not others.
To me the striking thing is how much viewing is time-shifted. That covers most of what I watch outside sport and the news.
I bet the real figure is somewhat higher than whatever this poll comes out with.
Also, we view a lot of stuff on Youtube now - many TVs, freeview/freesat boxes, Apple TV and so on have Youtube built in.
I suspect a lot of people have no idea that their kids use Piratebay and so on for downloading TV programmes.
It was reported yesterday that Sky broadband are blocking Piratebay and so on very aggressively (more so than required by court orders) - I wonder if that's because so many people download programmes like Game of Thrones rather than pay for Sky TV subscriptions. I'm moving away from Sky broadband as I don't want to be blocked from sites unnecessarily.
Now they are paying me to sign up for another month, because I cancelled after the last incentive (it's really easy to cancel, you just set it not to renew). Another £20 voucher coming up. I would probably sign up even if I didn't watch any of the films!