Ofcom reveals UK TV trends


Nearly 10 million TV sets were sold in the UK during 2010, almost all of which were HD ready.
One million were Internet-enabled TV’s and 125,000 were 3D capable according to Ofcom’s research.
Time-shifted viewing in homes with digital video recorders (DVR) accounted for 14% of all viewer hours in DVR homes during the same period, down by 1 percentage point from 2009.
Twenty seven % of adults said they used the Internet for viewing catch-up television services in the first three months of 2011, a 4 percentage point increase on 2010.
Over half of all households (54 %) have a games console, with one fifth of these (22 %) saying they use them to view video or TV content.
Source: Advanced Television and Ofcom
Item added: 8th August 2011