James Kewin, deputy chief executive of the Sixth Form College association, predicted the trend towards more general qualifications and tech levels would increase in years to come.
The executives also predicted the trend could have legs because the networks have broadened their definition of family friendly since the days when Ricky loved Lucy to embrace nontraditional households, reflecting the changing composition of audiences.
This is the rule that computing power doubles every two years, first noted by Gordon Moore, who went on to co-found Intel, in 1965, and who predicted the trend would continue "for at least 10 years".
A Higher Education Funding Council for England report published in September found the number of students declaring a mental health problem had increased from just under 8,000 in 2008-09 to nearly 18,000 in 2012-13, and predicted the trend would continue.
The product leadership correctly predicted the trend in social that has made 2014 a banner for ephemeral communication.
When the Affordable Care Act became law, both its critics and quite a few independent analysts predicted the trend would only get worse.
