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More People Are Watching TV and Movies on the Web, Study Shows


While most people still prefer to watch video on their televisions, a new study by Bernstein Research suggests more people than you might think are turning to the Internet for their video fix, we learned from All Things Digital.

According to the study, more than half of the U.S. population watches television programming or movies on the Web. Even more surprising, a full 46-percent of that number is made up of folks 40-years-old and above. Apparently, those generations are more Web-savvy than they are often portrayed.

Media giants might cry foul and say that these numbers only mean that folks are illegally downloading TV shows and movies. However, only 10-percent of those surveyed said they used peer-to-peer sites to watch video. The study also discovered that 35-percent of those surveyed are considering abandoning cable in the next five years because they prefer a larger programming selection. While All Things Digital estimates that number only makes up about 15-percent of the total U.S. population, the site does concede that cable companies might be starting to sweat.

For now though, folks think of Web viewing and TV viewing as separate forms of entertainment. According to the study, only 19-percent connect their PCs to their TVs when watching videos. But, with TV manufacturers and online content providers scrambling to appetizingly integrate those two forms, we don't count on that number remaining that low for too long. [From: All Things Digital]

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