The first Electronic Television was invented in 1927, and was a major breakthrough for the entertainment industry, especially with films and later on shows. Films could only be watched in the Theater, purchasable by tickets and required going to a separate building just to watch a movie. By the 1950s, films were shown on TV for the first time for a multitude of reasons. The studios were losing money as less and less people were going to theaters and instead watching television at home. And they were competing with television shows directly, which worsened their attendance even more. This forced them to sell to television their film rights for home-viewing.

As technology advanced, so did television, but also a new type of service that was provided to the consumer. One that is still very competitive to television and made them lose a lot of viewership. This was the Streaming Service. These services included sites such as Netflix, Hulu, and HBO. What these Streaming Services do in comparison to Television is instant choice and pausing. With the services, you can choose any show or movie, and play and pause at will. With television, you have to tune in to a certain channel at a certain channel, otherwise you have to wait next time.

Television has seen multiple viewers instead go into these streaming services for their accessibility. Instead of fighting this, instead, it has tried to join and even compete with this their own way. Multiple companies have tried to make multiple services, sell their rights to one service, and even just having an internet presence to compensate for the lessened viewership. Even still, streaming has taken such a huge step in todays culture that television is now gonna change forever, or it will cling on to the past , where TV was the staple of every household.