Netflix declares binge watching ‘the new normal’

LOS GATOS, Calif – Netflix is taking credit for the rise of the term “binge watching”.According to a recent survey conducted online by Harris Interactive on behalf of Netflix among nearly 1,500 TV streamers, (online U.S. adults who stream TV shows at least once a week), binge watching is a widespread behavior among this group, with 61% saying they binge watch regularly.If the common perception of binge watching was a weekend-long, pajama-wearing marathon of TV viewing, survey respondents don't see it that way. A majority (73%) defined binge watching as watching between 2-6 episodes of the same TV show in...