05-02-2022, 07:18 AM
The sort of question on which members of this forum are definitely not representative of the wider public!
At the margin, yes, I'm more likely to watch programming that is packaged nicely. The same is true in terms of visiting websites or reading newspapers. Hell, my choice of supermarket or bank is almost certainly influenced by some aspects of design.
That said, design on its own isn't enough. You can have a world-class design and production values, but if the underlying content is rubbish, then I'm not interested. By the same token, if the product itself is sufficiently high quality, then poor design isn't going to stop me from consuming it.
But in most cases - including in the world of TV - there is often a choice between different alternatives that are of similar content and quality. And if one of those alternatives has what I consider a vastly superior design, then there's a fair chance that's the one I'll gravitate to.
At the margin, yes, I'm more likely to watch programming that is packaged nicely. The same is true in terms of visiting websites or reading newspapers. Hell, my choice of supermarket or bank is almost certainly influenced by some aspects of design.
That said, design on its own isn't enough. You can have a world-class design and production values, but if the underlying content is rubbish, then I'm not interested. By the same token, if the product itself is sufficiently high quality, then poor design isn't going to stop me from consuming it.
But in most cases - including in the world of TV - there is often a choice between different alternatives that are of similar content and quality. And if one of those alternatives has what I consider a vastly superior design, then there's a fair chance that's the one I'll gravitate to.