Ofcom says 12m
UK adults signed up to streaming services such as
Netflix or Amazon
Britons spent 40% of their waking hours watching TV during the height of the
Coronavirus pandemic, with 12 million new sign-ups to services such as Netflix, as the public sought to relieve the boredom of the nationwide lockdown.
The typical person spent six hours and 25 minutes each day keeping informed and entertained at the height of the lockdown in April – almost a third more, about 90 minutes each day – than during the same month last year.