Online video 'eroding TV viewing' (BBC)

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The online video boom is starting to eat into TV viewing time, an ICM survey of 2,070 people for the BBC suggests.

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.

And online and mobile viewing is rising - three quarters of users said they now watched more than they did a year ago.

But online video viewers are still in the minority, with just 9% of the population saying they do it regularly.
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In the survey, one in five people who watched online or mobile video at least once a week said they watched a lot less TV as a result. Another 23% said they watched a bit less, while just over half said their TV viewing was unchanged. Some 3% said online video inspired them to watch more TV.


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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6168950.stm

Watching LESS TV ?? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !! Oh, the hu... oh, wait -- yeah, the humanity. A little humanity would be a nice change.

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1. Not that much different.

Still watching video, just a different delivery vehicle.

OTOH, it does break the stranglehold that MSM has on what you see. And that's a good thing. Now, if we could only just quit watching and go for a hike in the woods instead (insert favorite outdoor activity). The irony is that I'm watching TV and a vid on my laptop while I type this (so much for practicing what I preach!).