February 23, 2009
Americans watch yet more TV, Nielsen reports
Americans watched more television than ever in the fourth quarter, The Nielsen Co. reported Monday, even though the Internet is providing another way to watch. The Seattle Times reports.
The average American older than 2 years watched television for 151 hours per month, Nielsen said.
The average user of Internet video spent two hours and 53 minutes on that per month, Nielsen said.
This last figure is so far off from my personal experience and how everyone around me watches TV online. Where I live (Switzerland) it's more like two hours and 53 minutes a day, not a month. When will someone take an interest in how people watch TV online outside of the US? It's obviously much more popular. Video sharing sites stream the latest episodes of the latest series - not yet available on our TV networks. Sorry if you've heard this before, but official content is not available to us.
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