How We Watch What We Watch: The Future Of Television Television, the ever-present babysitter, the companion that asks nothing of you, is changing. It is changing because we're asking questions of it, and making new demands about how we watch TV, and even what we consider to be "TV."
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How We Watch What We Watch
We are making new demands about how we watch TV, and even what we consider to be "TV."
In much of America, the availability of online video is often frustrated by slow broadband speeds. In this 2011 photo, Valerie Houde waits for a dial-up Internet connection in East Burke, Vt. Andy Duback/AP hide caption
A visitor looks at a bank of TV screens at a consumer electronics show in Berlin. While TV and movies are available on many devices, consumers often struggle to find exactly what they want, television critic Eric Deggans says. Adam Berry/Getty Images hide caption
A couple talks to a salesman about buying a color TV set. Over the years, televisions have evolved to include color, high-definition and 3-D models. H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Corbis hide caption
Despite having aired its final episode in May, the medical drama House lives on, in reruns and on digital services like Hulu, Netflix and Amazon Prime. But not every episode is available in all formats. Adam Taylor/AP hide caption
Phil Coke and Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers celebrate after beating the New York Yankees in the American League Championship Series. Through the power of modern technology, fans could experience the game even if they weren't in front of a television screen. Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images hide caption
In 1936, a television drew a crowd at London's Waterloo station. Today, the crowd would have video screens in their pockets. Fox Photos/Getty Images hide caption