Which services do you use most to watch films, shows, sport, news and other programs?
Preteaching Blocking Vocab:
apt (adj)
slick (adj)
binge (adj)
gluttony (n)
broadband (n)
cash-strapped (adj)
play out (phrasal v)
wane (v)
YourTube
The internet is changing television habits
One of the most popular videos in YouTube’s eight-year history, with over 580m views, stars Charlie, a British baby, who
repeatedly bites his older brother’s finger. It is the sort of amusing amateur clip people associate with the internet, as well
as an apt metaphor for the rivalry between online video and television. To its more mature sibling, online video has so far
been a nuisance, but no great threat. The average American adult spends over four hours a day watching television, and
only a fraction of that watching programmes and video clips on the internet.
But in 2014 online video will become a more influential cultural force, changing conversations, communities and what
people watch. Several factors will speed up television’s move to the internet. Faster broadband will make it easier to watch
videos delivered online without having to wait ages for them to load. People will buy more internet-enabled “smart”
television sets, bringing websites once accessible mainly from laptops and tablets to bigger screens. In 2014 firms such as
Sony and Intel will launch “over the top” services, which deliver television programmes over the internet. Apple’s long-
awaited television offering may come to fruition.
Online video is getting slicker and less short-form. Video-subscription services like Netflix and Amazon, which stream
films and television shows online, are investing in their own high-quality “TV” shows. Netflix, for example, spent an
estimated $100m to remake the political drama “House of Cards”. YouTube is trying to refashion itself into a direct
competitor to television, launching its own “channels” with professionally produced shows. In 2014 some of the world’s
biggest creators of programmes, including Disney, will start to make exclusive programmes for new platforms
Read the article quickly and choose the main idea:
a) It praises the edvantages of online video.
b) it’s predicting the future change of watching habits.
c) It focuses on people’s various tastes regarding programs.
Read the article quickly and choose the main idea:
a) It praises the edvantages of online video.
b) it’s predicting the future change of watching habits.
c) It focuses on people’s various tastes regarding programs.
Read again and answer if the statements are true or false.
1 In 2013 the Internet poses a serious threat to TV.
2 Faster broadband will speed up the switch from television to the
Internet.
3 Due to its short form online video fails to outperform television.
4 Netflix vigorously indulges Binge watching.
5 Serialised dramas used to be in demand on traditional TV.
6 The new era of internet TV will unite families around one screen.
7 The main reason younger generation will go for online video service is
economy.
YourTube
The internet is changing television habits
One of the most popular videos in YouTube’s eight-year history, with over 580m views, stars Charlie, a British baby, who
repeatedly bites his older brother’s finger. It is the sort of amusing amateur clip people associate with the internet, as well
as an apt metaphor for the rivalry between online video and television. To its more mature sibling, online video has so far
been a nuisance, but no great threat. The average American adult spends over four hours a day watching television, and
only a fraction of that watching programmes and video clips on the internet.
But in 2014 online video will become a more influential cultural force, changing conversations, communities and what
people watch. Several factors will speed up television’s move to the internet. Faster broadband will make it easier to watch
videos delivered online without having to wait ages for them to load. People will buy more internet-enabled “smart”
television sets, bringing websites once accessible mainly from laptops and tablets to bigger screens. In 2014 firms such as
Sony and Intel will launch “over the top” services, which deliver television programmes over the internet. Apple’s long-
awaited television offering may come to fruition.
Online video is getting slicker and less short-form. Video-subscription services like Netflix and Amazon, which stream
films and television shows online, are investing in their own high-quality “TV” shows. Netflix, for example, spent an
estimated $100m to remake the political drama “House of Cards”. YouTube is trying to refashion itself into a direct
competitor to television, launching its own “channels” with professionally produced shows. In 2014 some of the world’s
biggest creators of programmes, including Disney, will start to make exclusive programmes for new platforms
Read again and answer if the statements are true or false.
1 In 2013 the Internet poses a serious threat to TV. F
To its more mature sibling, online video has so far been a nuisance
2 Faster broadband will speed up the switch from television to the Internet. T
Several factors will speed up television’s move to the internet. Faster broadband will
3 Due to short form online video fails to outperform television. F
Online video is getting slicker and less short-form.
….. which stream films and television shows online
4 Netflix vigorously indulges Binge watching. T
Netflix actively indulges consumers’ gluttony by …
5 Serialised dramas used to be in demand on traditional TV. F
more serialised dramas, which historically have had a harder time succeeding on live television,
6 The new era of internet TV will unite families around one screen. F
Families may still gather in the living room but they will be absorbed by different screens..
7 The main reason younger generation will go for online video service is economy. T
but many cash-strapped younger folk…
Think about an average viewer and their social life.
In group A try to find as many advantages of TV as possible,
using the information from the text.
In group B try to find as many advantages of streamers as possible,
using the information from the text.
Now you will be devided in pairs (A+B)
Try to convince each other which is better:
traditional TV or online servises
for an average viewer and their social life.
