Which Is The Most Watched TV Broadcast In The World Ever?

We had spotted the most tweeted event in the world – one question that we always wanted to find out the answer for, was this – which is the most watched TV event, ever? must be some sports event – how about a superbowl – or, going by the popularity of cricket in the world’s second most populous country, India, could it be a cricket match? We spotted this today:

“Estimates for the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony global TV viewership varied between one and four billion, including an estimated 842 million viewers watching on host Chinese broadcaster China Central Television.A verifiable audience of 984 million tuned in to the opening ceremony at some stage, averaging at 593 million, while 778 million watched the closing ceremony.The 2008 Summer Olympics is the current record holder for a multi-day broadcast. It is estimated by Nielsen Media Research that up to 4.7 billion individual viewers (70% of the world’s population) watched some part of the coverage.”

Statistics Source: Wikipedia

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6.4 Billion USD: Sony’s Loss This Financial Year

We had spotted multiple Apple statistics before. Well, someone is losing money. We spotted this today:

“— Sony more than doubled its projected net loss for the past financial year to ¥520 billion, its worst loss ever, as an additional tax expense hurt a company already battered by heavy losses in its television business, a strong yen and natural disasters in Japan and overseas.”

Statistics Source: NYTimes

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Cord Cutting Stats: Over 1 Million US Cable Subscribers Cut Cord In 2011

One of our favorite areas for spotting stats is in the cord cutting space. we have spotted multiple cord cutting stats before. This is no longer a trend, it is a reality.

We spotted this today:

“According to the Convergence Consulting report, “The Battle for the North American Couch Potato: Bundling, TV, Internet,Telephone, Wireless,” 2.65 million Americans cut their cords between 2008-2011 and switched to over-the-top (OTT) services like Netflix to get their video programming. The report says that only 112,000 cable, satellite and telco TV service subscriptions were added in the U.S. last year — less than a third of the 380,000 added subscriptions that Leichtman Research Group reported last month while auditing only the top multi-channel programming services.

Read more: http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/03/419-researcher-over-1-million-u-s-cable-subscribers-cut-cord-in-2011/#ixzz1r2ZrFgNA”

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Where Does The Average American Spend His Time In A Day?

We spotted this today:

“Americans watch on average of 5.3 hours of TV PER DAY and read less than 1 hour. They are online for 3 hours / day. So I would argue that the future of the Internet will be video. And lots of it. In fact, 12-17 year olds already spend 33% of their online time watching videos.”

Statistics Source: Bothsidesofthetable

We already know the average commute time for Americans. And of course, we know commute causes divorce.

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92 Dollars A Month Vs 7.99 Dollars: The ‘Cord Nevers’ Logic

We had spotted multiple stats on cable cutters – specifically, on Gen-Y cord cutters – we spotted this today:

““Young people who move to an apartment or get a house for the first time don’t subscribe to any MVPD (multichannel video programming distributor) and they just… get their network programming from Hulu and they get Netflix… As an industry where people pay between $70 and $92 a month, that’s a lot of money to a young person today who is getting their first job when they can go out and watch Hulu for free and Netflix for $7.99. So it’s a threat.”

Statistics Source: GigaOm

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TV Statistics: Every Month Americans Spend 146 Hours And 20 Minutes

Even before you read this, remember this: Every Hour of TV You Watch Reduces Your Life Expectancy by 21.8 Minutes. We spotted this today:

“Monthly time spent watching traditional TV in the second quarter of 2011 climbed 1.9%, to 146 hours and 20 minutes, a year-over-year increase of 2 hours and 43 minutes of monthly viewing, according to the Nielsen Cross-Platform Report for Q2 2011.

By contrast, time spent watching video on the Internet was 4 hours and 26 minutes per month on average, up 15% from a year ago — just 3% of the time parked in front of the TV.”

Statistics Source: Nielsen, Multichannel News

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SmartTV Statistics: 52.85 Million Smart TVs To Be Shipped In 2012

We have spotted multiple TV Statistics before:

“Smart TVs will see significant growth next year according to Topology Research Institute, which expects current shipments to double to 52.85 million units. The research company said just over 7 million Smart TVs were shipped in 2010, and that figure is likely to increase to 25.18 million units in 2011.

Smart TVs are defined as television sets that are capable of accessing the Internet, can be used to download and install applications, surf the web and more. ”

Statistics Source: BGR

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40% of Tablet, Smartphone Owners Use Them While Watching TV

We spotted this today:

“Roughly 40 percent of tablet and smartphone owners in the U.S. used their devices daily while watching TV, while only 14 percent of eReader owners said they watched TV while using their device every day.

And what are smartphone and tablet owners doing while watching TV? Checking email. Email was the top activity for both men and women during television programming and commercial breaks. In addition, women reported engaging in social networking more than men, while men checked sports scores more often.”

Statistics Source: Nielsen

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1.6 Million: Number of TVs Recalled By Sony on Fear of Flame-Ups

We spotted this today:

“Sony (NYSE: SNE) has issued a voluntary recall for 1.6 million Bravia flat-panel TVs sold worldwide covering certain TV sold since 2007. A defective component reportedly causes them to be slightly more likely to melt or catch fire than the average TV. In September, a Japanese customer discovered that his TV started a small fire. Eleven incidents like this have apparently occurred in Japan since 2008.”

Statistics Source: TechNewsWorld

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TV Statistics: Every Hour of TV You Watch Reduces Your Life Expectancy by 21.8 Minutes

We spotted this today:

“The amount of TV viewed in Australia in 2008 reduced life expectancy at birth by 1.8 years 95% uncertainty interval UI: 8.4 days to 3.7 years for men and 1.5 years 95% UI: 6.8 days to 3.1 years for women. Compared with persons who watch no TV, those who spend a lifetime average of 6 h/day watching TV can expect to live 4.8 years 95% UI: 11 days to 10.4 years less. On average, every single hour of TV viewed after the age of 25 reduces the viewers life expectancy by 21.8 95% UI: 0.3–44.7 min. This study is limited by the low precision with which the relationship between TV viewing time and mortality is currently known.”

Statistics Source: InfectiousGreed

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