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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Tuesday, 28 November 2006 | |
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There’s more video online to watch than ever, with an increasing number of people deciding to log on, tune in to their favourite video website, and watch. A survey of 2070 people on TV viewing habits in the UK, by British firm ICM for the UK’s national TV broadcaster, the BBC has uncovered some interesting statistics. More information on the report can be found at the link earlier in this sentence, but the report does tell us that: “Some 43% of Britons who watch video from the internet or on a mobile device at least once a week said they watched less normal TV as a result, with three quarters of users said they now watched more than they did a year ago”. The survey also tells us that only 9% of the population saying they watch online TV regularly, but 13% said they watched occasionally, with another 10% saying they expect to start watching online TV in the coming year. This bodes well for online video sites jealous of the Youtube phenomenon, with plenty of sites out there offering all kinds of video for people to watch. Besides websites that show live streams of TV stations from around the world, there are hundreds of channels and shows, letting any couch potato easily become an online TV mouse potato as desired. The BBC has also published an interesting article called ‘What to watch on the web’ listing many of the places you can go to watch just about anything you can think of, and it’s definitely worthy of bookmarking for future reference. Another factor that would be causing a drop off in regular TV viewing is the downloading of pirate TV shows from the Internet, rather than trying to find pirate content on sites like Youtube which are being heavily scrutinized for pirate content. BitTorrent networks are known to offer a wide range of pirated content, from music, movies, TV shows, software, ebooks and more, with TV programs airing in the US or elsewhere in the world being available only hours after airing on TV for download by anyone around the world. Please read on to page 2 for more... |
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