TV to PC: How do you watch?
- March 23, 2010 11:42 AM |
- By POV
Two people watching TV on the internet. (Ryan Couldrey/CBC)
For the first time, Canadians are spending more time in front of computer screens than television sets.
Tracking data from research company Ipsos Reid shows Canadians spend an average of 18.1 hours per week online compared with 16.9 hours watching television.
However, the growth in online viewing doesn't come at the expense of television. Weekly TV viewing increased by an hour while time spent online jumped by three hours from fall 2008 to mid March 2009.
A separate study by Solution Research Group found many Canadians are turning from television to the internet to watch their favourite shows. According to its Digital Life Canada Study, 50 per cent of Canadians have viewed TV online.
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