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Digital Video Views On Rise

Digital TV-video viewing continues to climb -- but it's still way behind traditional TV consumption.

Parks Associates says U.S. broadband households spend on average 1.3 hours per week watching video on a tablet and 1.6 hours per week watching video on a smartphone. But this compares to almost 20 hours per week on the television.

From the article "Digital Video Views On Rise" by Wayne Friedman.

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