The Nielsen Company released the first comparable U.S. figures showing video and TV usage across the ‘three screens’ – Television, Internet and Mobile devices. Nielsen’s findings show that screen time of the average American continues to increase with TV users watching more TV than ever before (127 hrs, 15 min per month), while also spending 9% more time using the Internet (26 hrs, 26 min per month) from last year. At the same time, a small but growing number of Internet and mobile phone users are watching video online (2 hrs, 19 min per month), as well as using their cell phones to watch video (3 hrs, 15 min per month).
Read the full article here
Share This
Published by rwatstein June 7th, 2008
in innovation, technology and television.
Information about the development of remote controls for televisions, covering the “first TV remote control, called ‘Lazy Bones,’ [which] was developed in 1950 by Zenith Electronics Corporation” and “used a cable that ran from the TV set to the viewer,” the 1955 “Flashmatic” wireless remote that used photocells, ultrasonic remotes, and today’s infrared remote controls. From Zenith.
Read the full article here
Share This
Published by rwatstein May 26th, 2008
in blogs, television and trends.
How a wunderkind producer, seven tabloid-ready stars, an army of bloggers, and a nation of texting tweenagers are changing the way we watch television.
Read the full article here
Share This
Published by rwatstein December 1st, 2007
in users, television and reading.
US consumers say their favorite leisure activities are reading, watching TV and spending time with friends and family, according to The Harris Poll. Computer activities were named fourth most favorite, although the percentage of respondents listing it as a favorite has increased slightly in the last seven years.
Read the full article here
Share This
Published by rwatstein October 27th, 2007
in internet and television.
Americans have not abandoned their televisions, but some are moving their viewing to a different screen. About 16% of US Internet households watch TV broadcasts online, according to The Conference Board and TNS. Respondents said that TV on the Internet had replaced news programs as their most widely viewed online content.
Read the full article here
Share This
