TV networks have lost 83pc of young viewers to TikTok, YouTube
Free-to-air broadcasters are preparing for a furious lobbying effort to change proposed laws that put at risk one of their crucial sources of revenue, live sport, as new figures show young viewers have all but switched off their networks.
In 2011, teenagers spent on average 75 minutes every day watching commercial television. Nowadays, broadcasters say, that figure is 13 minutes – an 83 per cent decline. For children between 5 and 12, viewership has fallen to 15 minutes, from 59 minutes.
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