Comparative Figures - IPTV Subscribers & penetrations around the world, 2008

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IPTV is most popular in France, and least popular in the UK and Ireland. UK figures exclude BT Vision
Source: IDATE, as reported by in Figure 5.6 of Ofcom International Communications Market 2009, December 2009
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44% of American digital video recorder (DVR) owners record five or fewer programs per week

"65% of DVR owners, and 54% of digital cable VOD users, agree (8-10 on a 10 point scale) that they usually watch recorded DVR or on-Demand programs when there is nothing on regularly scheduled TV that they want to watch
In households that have both a DVR and are VOD users, 57% start by watching live TV -- in households that just have a DVR, 68% start with live TV
44% of DVR owners record five or fewer programs per week
85% would recommend their DVR service to a friend (8-10), and 77% highly rate their DVR (8-10)
68% of VOD users who also have a DVR agree (8-10) that their TV service is better because they have both services"
Source: Press release from Leichtman Research Inc, 10th September 2009

36% of American homes own at least one digital video recorder (DVR)

"New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) found that 36% of TV households in the United States have at least one Digital Video Recorder (DVR) -- an increase from just 8% four years ago.
In addition, 63% of all digital cable subscribers have ever used Video on-Demand (VOD), with 88% of this group having watched an on-Demand program or movie in the past month. Overall, about twice as many cable subscribers have used VOD as four years ago"
Source: Press release from Leichtman Research Group Inc, 10th September 2009

Hulu has a greater monthly reach than Time Warner Cable

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"In July, some 38 million people watched a video on Hulu, according to comScore.
Meanwhile, we estimate that Comcast has approximately 62 million viewers, while Time Warner Cable has 34 million. (To calculate cable viewers, we multiplied their end-of-June video subscribers by 2.59, the U.S. Census Bureau's most recent stat for average persons per household.)"
Source: Business Insider, 28th August 2009

900,000 American homes relied solely on the web for TV in 2008

"Some 900,000 U.S. homes didn't pay for TV and relied solely on Web TV last year, according to estimates from consulting firm Parks Associates, which projects that the number will grow this year. And 8% of adults now view television shows online at least once a week, up from 6% who did so in 2008, according to a survey by the Leichtman Research Group. The same survey found that 8% of adults who watch video online now watch TV less often."
Source: Parks Associates, cited by the Wall Street Journal, 28th May 2009

Nearly one quarter of UK households use the internet to watch catch-up TV

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Source: Page 267 of Ofcom Communications Market report, August 2009
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BBC iPlayer now gets more traffic than MySpace in the UK

"BBC iPlayer has overtaken MySpace to become the 20th most visited website in the UK. The online video service has been ahead of the social network for three consecutive weeks now, and last week (w/e 11/07/09) it received 26% more UK Internet visits. iPlayer was joined in the top 20 last week by three other BBC properties: the BBC Homepage (8th), BBC News (11th) and BBC Sport (16th). iPlayer was also the second most popular video website in the UK last week, picking up 13.3% of visits to our online video category (which remains dominated by YouTube, with a 65.1% share)."
Source: Hitwise Intelligence blog, 16th July 2009

The BBC iPlayer now gets more traffic than ITV.com

From the latest comScore figures for the UK in November 2008:
BBC iPlayer - 5,026,423 unique visitors (13.7% reach)
ITV.com - 4,872,570 unique visitors (13.3% reach)
The BBC iPlayer is blocked for users outside the UK.
Source: comScore MediaMetrix, November 2008 data, measured on all adults aged 15+