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“Wednesday nights are about to be, well, super fun! Rebel Wilson stars in (and impressively serves as the lead writer for) this comedy about three single besties and their social misadventures in the big city. Bonus: Ashley Tisdale plays Rebel’s little sister, which is just so unbelievably perfect.”
“ If you’ve already powered through The Wonder Years on Netflix, you’ll dig this nostalgic family sitcom. Filmed from the viewpoint of a quirky little brother, this set-in-the-’80s show is based off real footage the producer took of his big, loud family as a kid.”
“56% of all households with broadband Internet access — now have at least one TV set connected to the Internet, according to a report from Diffusion Group, “Defining the In-Home CE and Network Ecosystem 2013.” About two-thirds of the nation’s homes have broadband.”
“About 62% of households own such a device, which are used about a quarter of the time for TV viewing, on average. But smart TVs are coming on strong, growing faster than dedicated Internet-to-TV devices like Roku or Apple TV (AAPL). About 14% of broadband households own a dedicated device, while about 25% own a smart TV. Ownership of smart TVs has doubled over the past year, while ownership of dedicated devices grew by only two percentage points. But only about two-thirds of smart TVs are actually connected to the Internet, according to the report.”
“For now, more people are connected through Blu-rays than through smart TVs, but that’s swiftly changing — another sign of people moving away from movies on discs. The NPD Group report, “Connected Home,” also found that 40% of households with Internet-connected TVs watch videos from Netflix, 17% watch YouTube (GOOG) videos, and 11% watch movies and TV shows via Hulu,” according to a report from an NDP group.
“2012 brought more fears of cord-cutting — that is, people quitting cable and satellite TV. A recent report by Nielsen found that a segment of the U.S. population has a broadband connection but no cable and watches half as much TV but streams twice as much video as the general population. Although this group represents only 5 percent of all U.S. households, it has grown 22.8 percent in 2012.
The industry is also talking about “cord nevers” — the young people who only know Internet video and who will dictate TV viewing patterns of the future. TV providers are trying to reach this audience by making shows more social, hoping to bring engagement back to the television screen. In the upcoming year, TV providers also need to pay attention to the ways consumers mix and match modes of TV watching, including not only Internet streaming, but also time-shifted TV and mobile viewing.”