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Children still watching traditional TV, MTM Junior report says

OTTAWA – CBC’s Media Technology Monitor (MTM), released a report from MTM Junior today on the TV viewing habits of children under 18 in the anglophone market. “Television continues to face increasingly stiff competition from YouTube and Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) services, which offer an abundance of childrens’ content on demand,” a press release says. “Where does traditional TV fit in a landscape where it and so many other types of content are a button, or even a voice command, away?” The report highlights that “anglophone children continue to choose traditional TV,” the release says. “Just over two-thirds of...