Brits love to tweet about what’s on telly
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London - The internet has put the entire world within reach and extended the bounds of our knowledge... but it seems we all just want to talk about what’s on telly.
Research into the British nation’s viewing habits reveals that 40 percent of all daytime tweets are about television shows.
It also suggests that audiences are changing the way they view as the number of sets has decreased – the average household now has 1.83, down from 2.3 in 2003, TV Licensing’s TeleScope report reveals.
It shows that 27 percent of smartphone owners and 63 percent of tablet owners use their devices to watch television live. But viewers are watching more programming overall.
Last year, the nation viewed an average of four hours and two minutes a day, up from three hours and 36 minutes in 2006.
Although 29 percent of adults watch online catch-up services such as BBC iPlayer, only one percent of people no longer watch any live broadcasts.
The most watched live event in 2012 was the Olympics opening ceremony, viewed by 26.9 million people. - Daily Mail