The future is already here. Add a little more speed and it could be a viable alternative.
Comscum just added interactive tv to their system here. Which basically allows you to buy the stuff that you see on the home shopping network. Not good for impulse buyers. Sounds like Huxley was right again! On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Tracey de Morsella < tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com> wrote: > > > TV and Movie Streaming Soared in the Last 6 Months – > > > http://newteevee.com/2009/08/05/tv-and-movie-streaming-soared-in-the-last-6-months/ > > A new study from Ipsos > MediaCT<http://www.ipsos-na.com/news/pressrelease.cfm?id=4481&wt.mc_id=1110055>shows > that the number of people streaming TV shows and full-length movies > has grown dramatically in the past six months. > > According to Ipsos’ MOTION report, in the past thirty days, 26 percent of > online Americans have streamed a full-length TV show, and 14 percent have > streamed a full-length movie. This is more than double the amount Ipsos > measured in Sept. 2008. This follows a recent Forrester > report<http://newteevee.com/2009/07/28/forrester-one-quarter-of-web-users-watch-online-tv-shows/>that > found 25 percent of online consumers surveyed watched TV online, up > from 20 percent last year, and a Pew > report<http://newteevee.com/2009/07/29/pew-video-watching-now-more-popular-than-social-networks/>that > found more than 35 percent of U.S Internet users have watched a > television show or movie online. > > This rise is thanks in part to Hulu, which launched its mainstream media > blitz at the Super Bowl this year and has run a series of commercials > featuring Hollywood stars like Alec Baldwin, Eliza Dushku and Denis Leary. > > Driving much of this online video consumption is the young folk ages 18 – > 24. Ipsos reports that in the past 30 days, 30 percent of them have streamed > a full-length movie and 51 percent have streamed a full-length TV show. No > wonder cable companies want to implement TV Everywhere > plans<http://newteevee.com/2009/06/23/what-you-need-to-know-about-tv-everywhere/>now, > before the kids get too comfortable with the > cord-cutting<http://newteevee.com/2009/03/03/cord-cutting-may-be-myth-now-but-reality-in-5-10-years/> > . > > Despite this growth, Ipsos is quick to point out that web video isn’t > replacing TV. It says the average American currently watches 15 hours of > television a week and just two hours on their computer. > > > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
