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After being dominated by the US and UK, the Live Internet tv market is starting to make inroads into other Countries. The French are according to a new study, digging tv online. The study shows that just about three quarters (71%) of French internet users are making use of Live Internet tv to view missed shows. They use the internet to catch up (mainly) on US TV shows.
The study comes from from MEC and GroupM Interaction, who discovered that contracting up on tv shows online is practised on a regular basis by web users. When reexamineed, 76% of respondents said they had made use of catch-up TV services within the previous month. This discover is a rise from 2008 when the figure was 52%.
Over half of viewers (56%) said they use catch up to compliment traditional tv viewing (as most people do) and found that the most popular streams to watch, besides US shows was documentaries and news shows.
The French growth for online tv, is representative of the world in general, as catch up tv is a service most people now use and is still pretty much solely available from a PC.
UK leads Europe in number of Live Internet tv services
Throughout Europe it seems that the UK loves online tv the most or at to the lowest degree are adopting it the quickest. The UK has the biggest number of Catch up TV or VOD services at the end of December last year, according to a new study published by The European Audiovisual Observatory.
The television on Demand and Catch Up TV in Europe study identified that the UK had more services than any other European country, followed by France with 106 services and Italy with 93. In boilersuit 696 services from 366 providers were found to be fully operational in Europe at the end of 2008. More than half these services were delivered via the internet, 30% on a DSL network (in the IPTV mode), 7% on telegram and less than 3% by satellite say the story.
The Observatory’s survey did not take into account the tv services distributed on mobile phones or websites that were unaccompanied devoted to the render of selective information, trailers or adult content. Also not included were the channels set up by commercial undertakings in the context of video sharing sites such as YouTube or Dailymotion.
The Observatory said that the number of new services has not stopped growing in 2008 and guessed that there are currently over 700 Live Internet tv services currently operating within Europe.
The latest games consoles can now also double-up as web browsing tools, and can also allow the user to link up interactively and play against other console users worldwide. In addition, each of the main games consoles on the market has particular features designed to make broadband access more attractive.
Microsoft Xbox 360, for example, offers an optional ‘gold’ service which, for an additional yearly fee, permits among other features: online access to games, HD movies, and a special online chat facility with other Xbox360 owners. Sony PSPs, on the other hand, permit online voice calls through Skype.
Nintendo Wii offers access to BBC iPlayer, so you can access, download, watch and store your much loved soaps, shows and documentaries. DS models feature a unique 12-digit ‘Friend Code’ facility as a means of protecting the user from impersonation by other users of the console.
Finally, Sony PS3s are built ready to connect to the services of compatible wireless broadband providers without the need for further hardware.
In order to take advantage of these online surfing and gaming facilities it is first necessary to take one of the broadband deals that offer a service compatible with the console.
Besides compatibility, one of the key features to look for on broadband comparison sites is download speed. Download speeds are expressed in terms of megabits per second (Mbps or simply Mb). These usually range from 8Mb to 50Mb. The larger the Mb, the faster will be the online access. Its best you opt for broadband with a larger download speed, as you don’t want to be cut of the Net while in full gaming mode.
The second recommendation is to choose from broadband packages that offer either an unlimited broadband allowance linked with relaxed fair usage restrictions; or a broadband allowance of at least 60 gigabytes (or 60 GB).