Case Study Crave Tv

Deviance is a behavior, trait, belief, or other characteristic that violates a norm and causes a negative reaction (Ferris & Stein 154). The television Jane The Virgin embodies this sociological theory and is intended for an audience of young and older adults. Types of deviance that is featured is that Jane Villanueva who has hopes of being a teacher and author goes to the doctors for a routine physical examination. However, while there she accidentally gets artificially inseminated. The intended specimen was intended for a patient in the next room, the situation becomes even more shocking. In fact, the donor is Jane’s boss Rafael Solano whom she had a crush on a few years prior.

Television has been criticized as “a vast cultural wasteland”. Tv is supposed to be something that people use for fun and entertainment not a way to get away from your problems. Now with that being said this quote is trying to say that tv is useless. I think the reason that some people think that tv is useless is because of shows like SpongeBob and family guy. Sponge bob is a very popular kids show that has been around for years but doesn’t benefit the people watching it in anyway. In fact, watching a cartoon like SpongeBob can damaged the mind of many people and children with the stupidity that’s done on the show. Then you have a show like family guy where the things done can be called stupid but at the same time the things done are realistic but the only problem with a show like that is that it’s very inappropriate for kids to watch because of all the inappropriate behavior and violence that that is shown in a show like that. Another problem with tv isn’t the tv it’s the people. The shows are there to watch and to enjoy but it’s up to the person to watch it or the parent to allow their child to watch that. I don’t think that tv is a vast cultural wasteland because there are many different thins to see and watch and learn you just have to watch the right shows and use the right channels. Sometimes watching tv can even be fundamental.

Though it’s not a direct competitor because it’s doing way better than Hulu, Netflix is still a huge reason why people are not signing up for Hulu. In price, there’s not much difference with the two, but the content of Netflix has produced some of the most critically acclaimed shows such as: House of Cards, Stranger Things, and Orange is the New Black. Cable TV can also serve as a threat to Hulu if you look at DirectTV for example it has the same features of

The problem in this case is that KCDE-TV employees have the strong feeling of inequity.

Some of the most popular television shows in today’s society are The Biggest Looser, Jersey Shore, and Big Brother. These programs and many others are classified as reality television. Reality television’s main purpose is to attempt to portray ordinary people in unscripted situations. Recently, however, many of these shows have achieved in creating the complete opposite, and have earned an immense amount of criticism as a result. Reality television programs are detrimental to society because they influence bad behavior among teenagers, do not produce authentic real life situations, and they humiliate many of the characters.

Most relationships, whether they are romantic or not, usually start off harmoniously. Then as time passes conflicts arise. When these conflicts arise, one feels and expresses a variety of emotions that result in positive or negative relationship behaviors. When negative behaviors erupt, the relationship becomes threatened if positive behaviors do not form. This was the situation between Leonard and Penny on The Big Band Theory. I will discuss the conflict, how they began to handle it, how they ended up handling the conflict, and my opinions of

The Television is often the centerpiece of typical American house. TVs are now a representative the American dream. TVs are even used to measure finical wellbeing. Huge flat screen TVs symbolize success, while smaller TVs represent modesty. People crowd around the TV to watch the big game, to catch up on the news and keep up with pop culture. Is there something wrong with this so-called wonder device known as the Television? Marie Winn, author of book Unplugging the plug-in drug, argues this point in the chapter “The Trouble with Television” claiming that the television negatively affects families and specifically children. Marie Winn is an author and journalist who is known for her write ups on wildlife and television. The book was published in 1987 and describes eight ways in which the television is damaging. Winn makes it a point not to argue against the content of television, but rather how the television effects family relationships and is a detriment to children’s development. While I agree with some of Winn’s, overall, I disagree with her assessment of television. The points that Winn made that I disagree with include, TV allows kids to grow up less civilized, TV keeps family from doing other things, TV makes children less resourceful, TV has a negative effect on children’s school achievement and TV has a negative effect on children’s physical fitness.

This is a very convenient feature for consumers especially those who often commute, or are constantly out of their house. This saves consumers money as they no longer need to use mobile data to watch Netflix, and allows them to be much more flexible by being able to watch their shows/movies anywhere. Crave TV should consider adapting a feature such as this which will make consumers much more incentivized to purchase their product. Amazon Prime Video service adds a lot of value to consumers since they can get access to Amazon Prime and free photo storage. This makes their service appealing to not only video streaming consumers, but consumers of online shopping as well. A huge corporation like Amazon will be hard to compete with, but Crave TV can focus their attention on their target market of students by implementing a student discount. Amazon’s student discount essentially cuts their original price in half; however, going to that extent for Crave TV may not be feasible due to their business

3. Strengths: If Netflix can maintain consistency in the services they provide, their product is worth purchasing (subscribing to). No other companies offer streaming and DVD delivery, to their members, with such convenience.

“If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you, then you will produce lots of fruit. But you cannot do anything without me.” John 15:5 (Contemporary English Version Bible)

Binge watching has started to become popular since Netflix put seasons of TV shows on its online network. This has allowed people to binge watch a whole season in a day, week, or month on their own time “This term gained traction most notably with the recent Netflix-only release of the fourth Arrested Development season, as all fifteen episodes were released simultaneously rather than, episodically” (Giuffre 2013). This bad habit is something that I have gone through; it can also be harmful to people’s health. However, you can break your bad habit of binge watching.

The rapid growth of on-demand digital streaming as well as user-generated video sites has transformed the way Americans consume media. Online video streaming has quickly become a multi-billion dollar industry with companies like Amazon, Hulu, Facebook, YouTube, and Netflix, which valued at fourty-two billion in 2015, generating large quarterly profits. This entertainment landscape not only provides an endless buffet of choices that are instantly accessible at the touch of a screen or remote control, but it has also contributed to the prevalence of binge watching. A 2015 survey conducted by TiVo revealed, that among its subscribers, 9 out of 10 people regularly engage in “binge viewing”. Deloitte’s 10th annual Digital Democracy Survey identified binge watching as a common habit, with 70% of respondents binge watching an average of five episodes at a time, and almost 31 percent binging on a weekly basis. Binge watching has quietly become a common, and even

Growing competition as a challenge represents the various companies that are now entering the market of online media-streaming. Companies such as HBO, Amazon, Google, and Hulu Plus have all began to offer media-streaming on the same electronic devices as Netflix, Inc. Currently Netflix, Inc. remains in the lead amongst its competitors; however, there is no guarantee that this advancement is a permanent one. It is inevitable that emerging companies will come up with creative ideas to gain the competitive edge and receive more consumers. For example, Amazon.com has “amplified

1. Most girls will do whatever it takes to be skinny and look like the stars that weigh 100 pounds "...the media influence on the cultural phenomenon of dieting and the perfect body. “Commercials and reality TV shows make you feel bad about yourself so you buy into the fad," Cohn said. The diet industry earns $50 billion each year on diet pills, and $8.4 billion is spent every year on cosmetic surgery. Women -- and men, Cohn stressed -- want to be thin, because large men and women are ridiculed" (Demmel). Eating disorders continues to be problem among young girls because of their role models. Girls on reality TV shows have that 'perfect' body and girls what to be everything like them.

Can you believe that reality television has actually been around since 1948? Most of us may have thought that this idea of real television just came about in the last decade but actually it’s been around for quite some time. In 1948 Candid Camera was the first reality show to be broadcasted on television. Many considered this to be the “granddaddy” of the reality TV genre (History of reality TV). This show actually began in radio broadcasting. Allen Funt was the man in charge of this whole new production. He started by simply taping complaints of men in service and broadcasting them over the Armed Forces Radio. This is what later became known as the television show, Candid Camera. Candid Camera was known for