{"id":716468,"date":"2026-07-29T02:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T02:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/716468\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T02:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T02:14:08","slug":"streaming-giant-overtakes-bbc-as-uk-viewers-first-choice-for-tv-the-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/716468\/","title":{"rendered":"Streaming giant overtakes BBC as UK viewers\u2019 first choice for TV &#8211; The Independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxPMVIxWjR1TV9EZWZJQW9lcWdGNmxsQmlMMjVMNW5ZbkN4aVlhd3FBLTlFRTc1SC1yNk01bXlxTk9CWVVzaVZXUE1GdFF3UTNVZTNDTUpEcktxb0lkLXMyS0xLckFETktEMHNoQlQwYm4xOHlUekhvd083V2E4R0YxanE5SzI1Rk0tRTF0Z2cyTnY5WTVmdHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Streaming giant overtakes BBC as UK viewers\u2019 first choice for TV<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPOFBSY2FfM180cEFoSlkyMFNYaTJRa2V3V2VQMGs4dGlmMms5elBSdWtnVjA0ZmZ1Mk1Xc1MyNndEaEZPUlY2MGZsS1FIdVRyQzFpUWVLRTBibE5RRnVpeExPS01hcEdXNE9LRmk4aFJIYVdIVVc4SHoyMHZkXzI4WHJQWU9jMnUyNTBYSU5IZVNHYU9nRW1OVnV3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Adolescence or The Traitors? Netflix neck-and-neck with BBC as British viewers\u2019 go-to<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxOSXFrYzJWZkdqMFpvX0NtNzVFRXFRRFF1XzhYVWo3RW1ocThBWG9vdUN0LWZGLVNoT0ZoMTRXRHdKRU5pNEVJNTUyekItLWR4WXJtN1J6R3NzWUUwU3RrZk9jZnpsd3lKT2RhQnlqTWp1WU01Y2lRUllBb1ZoTmtpSVBUeVY2djJDemdwSGJ6UmU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC no longer top choice for where to watch TV<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5AFBVV95cUxQWF9Vd2dKeGNZazNkWVk4VW5IUnBXS0RGWVlZWklQZHUwb2Y1ZWU5clBYU19JQWtTeVJXY2c4WHJzTGIybDg5M0ZDUWZTQkNiS1Z3bVNtRFF3MGQyZ1RyNDdHTHExUVQwM2NzMDFYbFAtMnVteVlDU0pNc2N6Y3lxZ3V0N2NkYVM2YlpVYTVTOVVhenZkSFlMbmtyaHk2VXFpRkVhM19BMFF3TGlmY19hNnZZNGR2RWJNZUFxZEJ6OS1WMDVjQ0JoVldvMHVPNEJjWndnUVpiMF9kUFVxWUdMOXlIZlY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Viewers now as likely to turn to Netflix as the BBC when deciding what to watch<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Belfast Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxQVWdQd09QWTlXUmM5bDNSYUVTaEhaOFljaXo4M3k5MW94U3J1VWVaWWJfVnRjdjlmMVItbk5yOC00MEdQNlhMZkxTWUZpNkZUX1ZYaXMxSDNSTVBfRjc5X0lhM1JiaDhPLW9ybjdwZ01xelNPM1c1QTd5Q0pkVGd1TlJ6bk5BQmQ1SGM1SE1FMHFVdXV3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Scale is survival\u2019: UK broadcasters race to merge as streaming giants squeeze revenues<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;City AM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Streaming giant overtakes BBC as UK viewers\u2019 first choice for TV&nbsp;&nbsp;The IndependentAdolescence or The Traitors? Netflix neck-and-neck with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-716468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}