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Comment by ramraj07 | Hacker News Reader

I would start with their Thai Cave rescue video. I scratch my head how this guy is not on tv.

It's almost 2024. He seems to do very well on YouTube and has a lot more freedom in his niche. Why would he want to be on TV?

TV presenting pays very well in comparison to Youtube. Plus all you have to do is turn up and read a script, as opposed to filming and editing a video to high production standards, or having to pay somebody out of your ad revenue to do it for you.

Is someone still watching tv? Nobody in my neighborhood watches linear tv anymore. Already for many years. Maybe some elder people?

Pretty much everyone I know in the UK watches linear TV, old and young.

According to last years research, over 50% of people are still watching linear TV via broadcast or cable:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/for-the-first-time-e...

That is mind boggling. In the US, I know no one under the age of ~50 that watched linear TV. Even the 50+ year olds are using their phone and watching YouTube/Whatsapp videos while “watching” linear TV.

Live sports are the only exception, but I would say that is down big time also (as Nielsen indicates). Or rather, a series of gambling ads interspersed with a sporting event.

Overall, I don’t think Nielsen is able to properly assess which screen has people’s focus.

Ahh, Brexit makes so much more sense now. Nothing like good old TV to really drill unskippable propaganda ads into people 20 times a day during every ad break.

his Kowloon Walled City is incredibly well made

First 10 seconds into the video I know one major reason working against him. He has a bit of lisp. Personally I don't mind, but I'd be lying if I said his videos would be better without it.

Fortunately we have youtube.

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