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Friday, 30 December 2005 |
More people enjoying themselves at Christmas shocker!
Christmas television viewing figures are at an all-time low as more people are choosing to play games instead of veg out in front of the goggle box. Whilst the BBC’s official figures showed that they had a number of minor hits over the festive period – including Strictly Come Dancing, Doctor Who and The Two Ronnies Christmas Sketchbook - unofficial viewing figures suggest something quite different is going on in our homes over Christmas.
BBC1's share of viewing on Christmas Day has plummeted from 42% to 32% in a year, whilst ITV1's share of viewing fell to 20% from 32% last year. And whilst old BBC staple Eastenders still managed to pull in over ten million viewers, desperate for some traditional Cockernee Misery, its a far cry from ‘the good old days’ where the soap would pull in easily twice that number.
Analysts are laying the blame squarely at increased sales of videogames, as well as the increase in digital TV subscribers, with over two-thirds of UK households having access to over thirty TV channels.
So it would seem that the tradition of gathering the family around the television on Christmas Day is on the decline, which SPOnG thinks is not really any bad thing. Surely its more fun to dance around the lounge playing Eyetoy Groove or warble your heart out with Singstar, than it is to watch the dimwitted Alfie Moon try to seduce the bizarrely orange-coloured slapper, Kat Slater. Let us know your thoughts on your best and worst Christmas viewing and gaming in the forums below.
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