DaveH
Striker
Interesting move. I’m not aware of a soap of any other streaming platforms.
Since the days of streaming, and Sky+ before that, I saw soaps and quiz shows as cheap fillers, that comforting regular slot of low quality TV that people would watch because it is on. A while ago I looked at viewing figures for Eastenders and Coronation Street, and they were way down on what they used to be. We used to watch Eastenders because it was on at tea time. We went from that to buying box sets to Sky+ to streaming. Add kids, earlier tea and not having tea in front of the telly, and the idea of soaps just disappeared out of our lives 15-20 years ago.
A soap on streaming is a new one. Low budget TV on demand. From the reaction there is clearly demand for it and it might get a revival not being on a channel that people struggle to get at odd times for anyone working.
Since the days of streaming, and Sky+ before that, I saw soaps and quiz shows as cheap fillers, that comforting regular slot of low quality TV that people would watch because it is on. A while ago I looked at viewing figures for Eastenders and Coronation Street, and they were way down on what they used to be. We used to watch Eastenders because it was on at tea time. We went from that to buying box sets to Sky+ to streaming. Add kids, earlier tea and not having tea in front of the telly, and the idea of soaps just disappeared out of our lives 15-20 years ago.
A soap on streaming is a new one. Low budget TV on demand. From the reaction there is clearly demand for it and it might get a revival not being on a channel that people struggle to get at odd times for anyone working.
