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Alla svenska ungdomar 16-24 år är online. Och nu säger mer än hälften av alla svenskar att de inte klarar sig utan internet.

Behovet av internet bland svenskarna har mer än fördubblats mellan 2007 och 2008. I den senaste studien från EIAA, det europeiska internetförbundet, visade det sig att svenskarna har ett större behov av nätet än en genomsnittlig europé. I Sverige säger 57 procent av den vuxna befolkningen att de inte klarar sig utan internet jämfört med 35 procent i hela Europa.

Enbart internet är så betydelsefullt.

På andra plats kommer tv, men det mediet är inte ens hälften så viktigt som internet. Dagstidningar är det medium som har sjunkit mest i betydelse. Andelen som inte klarar sig utan en tidning har sjunkit med nästan två tredjedelar under samma period.

En vanlig vecka använder 100 procent av 16-24-åringarna i Sverige internet. Inget annat medium har en så hög andel användare i undersökningen. I hela befolkningen är andelen internetanvändare 79 procent.

De internetaktiviteter som ökat mest i Sverige är instant messaging, vilket understryker att det är de sociala och aktiva medierna som ökar.

US Consumer spending on Subscription-TV, Broadband, and Mobile Services will be "about the same" for most consumers, but about 15% intend to cut back. As a result, In-Stat estimates that consumer spending across these three segments could see nearly a $5 billion decrease during the next 12 months. Yet In-Stat’s recent survey reveals that broadband service is among the most integral parts of consumers’ lives. Over 66 million consumers across demographic categories are using the Internet while camped out on their sofas watching TV.

“Some male age groups had 40% to 50% of respondents using a PC while watching TV, and about 30% of females under the age of 40 are also using a PC while watching TV,” says Gerry Kaufhold, In-Stat analyst.

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People may still watch things they call "TV shows," but they'll watch them mostly on computers.

What decided the contest for computers? Four forces, three of which one could have predicted, and one that would have been harder to.

One predictable cause of victory is that the Internet is an open platform. ... So innovation happens at hacker speeds instead of big company speeds.

The second is Moore's Law, which has worked its usual magic on Internet bandwidth.

The third reason computers won is piracy. Users prefer it not just because it's free, but because it's more convenient. Bittorrent and YouTube have already trained a new generation of viewers that the place to watch shows is on a computer screen.

The somewhat more surprising force was one specific type of innovation: social applications. The average teenage kid has a pretty much infinite capacity for talking to their friends. But they can't physically be with them all the time. When I was in high school the solution was the telephone. Now it's social networks, multiplayer games, and various messaging applications.

The Corporation is developing its social media strategy with a set of online propositions, particularly around the areas of personalisation and socialisation.

Key to this is its approach to social discovery of content across BBC channels. This includes the creation of an activity page for every site user which would incorporate links to other social media sites, such as Facebook and MySpace.

Other plans include identity services, letting users personalise their experience across the entire BBC site, message boards, blogs and social networking features.

But now Mr. Bewkes, Time Warner CEO, has a plan to put all cable programming on the web in places such as Hulu, MySpace, Yahoo TV, or even YouTube. Of course, there's a catch. To get it you'll have to prove you subscribe to pay TV through cable, satellite, or telco.

Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes

"If you want to watch your favorite TV network or shows through broadband on any device -- PCs or mobile -- you can do it as long as you subscribe to any multichannel provider," Mr. Bewkes told Advertising Age. "It's a natural extension of the existing model."

The initiative, dubbed "TV Everywhere," is intended to be an industrywide effort, and Mr. Bewkes expects to ready a test of it this year. "This is not just for the cable industry," he said. "It's about keeping the health of all these fantastic networks while making them available at no extra charge on the online platform."

But now Mr. Bewkes, Time Warner CEO, has a plan to put all cable programming on the web in places such as Hulu, MySpace, Yahoo TV, or even YouTube. Of course, there's a catch. To get it you'll have to prove you subscribe to pay TV through cable, satellite, or telco.

Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes
Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes

"If you want to watch your favorite TV network or shows through broadband on any device -- PCs or mobile -- you can do it as long as you subscribe to any multichannel provider," Mr. Bewkes told Advertising Age. "It's a natural extension of the existing model."

The initiative, dubbed "TV Everywhere," is intended to be an industrywide effort, and Mr. Bewkes expects to ready a test of it this year. "This is not just for the cable industry," he said. "It's about keeping the health of all these fantastic networks while making them available at no extra charge on the online platform."

First, the sheer number of teenagers now using the Internet has transformed the technology into a true social networking tool. Even in the late 90s, only about one in ten adolescents were online, which meant that kids actually had to choose between online relationships and real relationships. There was very little overlap, so it was very difficult to maintain flesh-and-blood relations while exploring cyberspace. Today, Valkenburg and Peter say, the vast majority of teenagers in Western countries have access to the Internet, and most appear to use the technology to nurture their existing relationships rather than to forge new ones.

Second, the newer communication tools also encourage building on existing relationships rather than isolating. In the 90s, the few teens who did spend time on the Internet tended to hang out with strangers in public chat rooms and so-called MUDS, multi-user dungeons. The appearance of instant messaging and social networks like Facebook has changed all that, according to the psychologists. Today, more than eight in ten teenagers use IM to connect with the same friends they see at school and work.

Recent studies document the positive effects of these technological changes. But what exactly is going on in the minds of the teenagers to produce this greater sense of well-being? Valkenburg and Peter believe that the 21st century Internet encourages honest talking about very personal issues - feelings, worries, vulnerabilities - that are difficult for many self-conscious teens to talk about. When they communicate through the Internet, they have fewer sounds and sights and social cues to distract them, so they become less concerned with how others perceive them. This in turn reduces inhibition, leading to unusually intimate talk.

First, the sheer number of teenagers now using the Internet has transformed the technology into a true social networking tool. Even in the late 90s, only about one in ten adolescents were online, which meant that kids actually had to choose between online relationships and real relationships. There was very little overlap, so it was very difficult to maintain flesh-and-blood relations while exploring cyberspace. Today, Valkenburg and Peter say, the vast majority of teenagers in Western countries have access to the Internet, and most appear to use the technology to nurture their existing relationships rather than to forge new ones.

Second, the newer communication tools also encourage building on existing relationships rather than isolating. In the 90s, the few teens who did spend time on the Internet tended to hang out with strangers in public chat rooms and so-called MUDS, multi-user dungeons. The appearance of instant messaging and social networks like Facebook has changed all that, according to the psychologists. Today, more than eight in ten teenagers use IM to connect with the same friends they see at school and work.

Recent studies document the positive effects of these technological changes. But what exactly is going on in the minds of the teenagers to produce this greater sense of well-being? Valkenburg and Peter believe that the 21st century Internet encourages honest talking about very personal issues - feelings, worries, vulnerabilities - that are difficult for many self-conscious teens to talk about. When they communicate through the Internet, they have fewer sounds and sights and social cues to distract them, so they become less concerned with how others perceive them. This in turn reduces inhibition, leading to unusually intimate talk.

The cold hard facts: the three-headed multichannel beast otherwise known as cable operators, satellite providers and telcos collectively added 441,000 multichannel video customers in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Those statistics fly in the face of the conventional wisdom that in a recession consumers would cut back on cable services to save money and they also go against the broader newteevee belief that TV fans can survive on Hulu, YouTube and iTunes alone. Because evidently we’re quite content with our oldteevee, thank you very much. ...

But what are teenagers doing?

The industry needs to peel back the layers in the research to understand what teens and young adults are doing now to be better prepared for business in five to ten years. Consider this: Leichtman Research Group reported that while only 8% of Web video watching adults say they watch less TV because of their Web viewing habits, 18% of Web video watching teens say they’re turning away from the tube thanks to the internet.

“Yes there are some teens who are watching TV less often, while the majority are still watching just as much TV,” Bruce Leichtman told us via email, adding that they’re mostly watching YouTube and music videos online rather than TV shows.

Any cord-cutting effect, if there is to be one, won’t manifest for almost a decade, Leichtman said. “It will be six to twelve years before this group is actually making decisions for themselves on whether or not they subscribe to a TV service – that they never paid for before, so it’s not really a cord cutting – so the impact of this group, accounting for about 9% of all in the US, could possibly be felt several years from now.”

The cold hard facts: the three-headed multichannel beast otherwise known as cable operators, satellite providers and telcos collectively added 441,000 multichannel video customers in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Those statistics fly in the face of the conventional wisdom that in a recession consumers would cut back on cable services to save money and they also go against the broader newteevee belief that TV fans can survive on Hulu, YouTube and iTunes alone. Because evidently we’re quite content with our oldteevee, thank you very much. ...

But what are teenagers doing?

The industry needs to peel back the layers in the research to understand what teens and young adults are doing now to be better prepared for business in five to ten years. Consider this: Leichtman Research Group reported that while only 8% of Web video watching adults say they watch less TV because of their Web viewing habits, 18% of Web video watching teens say they’re turning away from the tube thanks to the internet.

“Yes there are some teens who are watching TV less often, while the majority are still watching just as much TV,” Bruce Leichtman told us via email, adding that they’re mostly watching YouTube and music videos online rather than TV shows.

Any cord-cutting effect, if there is to be one, won’t manifest for almost a decade, Leichtman said. “It will be six to twelve years before this group is actually making decisions for themselves on whether or not they subscribe to a TV service – that they never paid for before, so it’s not really a cord cutting – so the impact of this group, accounting for about 9% of all in the US, could possibly be felt several years from now.”

The BBC and ITV, along with BT (British Telecom) will now work together on opening up the infrastructure to all, including Channel 4. This will mean a new open standard for online video could be on its way in the UK.

The BBC iPlayer is a brilliant service, offering an excellent interface, great connection speeds, and the whole library of BBC-made content. If the iPlayer was opened up to all, then the UK could potentially lead the world in offering TV catch-up services.

The BBC and ITV, along with BT (British Telecom) will now work together on opening up the infrastructure to all, including Channel 4. This will mean a new open standard for online video could be on its way in the UK.

The BBC iPlayer is a brilliant service, offering an excellent interface, great connection speeds, and the whole library of BBC-made content. If the iPlayer was opened up to all, then the UK could potentially lead the world in offering TV catch-up services.

The proposal, known as Project Canvas, is a joint bid between the BBC, ITV, and BT to develop a shared set of parameters by which catchup and on-demand services such as the iPlayer and ITV Player would be delivered via Freeview and Freesat.

The new set-top boxes, which the BBC forecasts will cost between £100 and £200, could create a service in which viewers would be able to browse the iPlayer in the same way as they flick between television channels.

The three parties believe that the service could be achieved with a broadband connection of 1.6 Mbps. Although BT is the only internet service provider on board at the moment, others will be invited to join, and are likely to create special “Canvas tariffs” for consumers to sign up to, with guarantees that they will get a connection that will allow a good service.

The proposal, known as Project Canvas, is a joint bid between the BBC, ITV, and BT to develop a shared set of parameters by which catchup and on-demand services such as the iPlayer and ITV Player would be delivered via Freeview and Freesat.

The new set-top boxes, which the BBC forecasts will cost between £100 and £200, could create a service in which viewers would be able to browse the iPlayer in the same way as they flick between television channels.

The three parties believe that the service could be achieved with a broadband connection of 1.6 Mbps. Although BT is the only internet service provider on board at the moment, others will be invited to join, and are likely to create special “Canvas tariffs” for consumers to sign up to, with guarantees that they will get a connection that will allow a good service.

The study found that 15.2 percent of light PC Internet users accessed news and information on their mobile device at least once per week, compared to a lower 11.7 percent of heavy PC Internet users. For the purposes of this study, comScore defined “heavy” PC Internet users as those who viewed, on average, 6,701 pages in the month, and “light” users as those who viewed, on average, 1,104 pages in the month. Twenty percent of PC Internet users in the cross-media panel were classified as heavy users, and accounted for 43 percent of overall page views, while 50 percent were light users and accounted for 18 percent of page views. The balance was classified as medium users.

The study found that 15.2 percent of light PC Internet users accessed news and information on their mobile device at least once per week, compared to a lower 11.7 percent of heavy PC Internet users. For the purposes of this study, comScore defined “heavy” PC Internet users as those who viewed, on average, 6,701 pages in the month, and “light” users as those who viewed, on average, 1,104 pages in the month. Twenty percent of PC Internet users in the cross-media panel were classified as heavy users, and accounted for 43 percent of overall page views, while 50 percent were light users and accounted for 18 percent of page views. The balance was classified as medium users.

If you aren’t willing to wait that long and need to perform instant OCR without downloading any of the software tools, try OCR Terminal - it’s an online Optical Character Recognition service where you can upload scanned images, multi-page PDF documents or even screenshots and convert them into searchable text documents.

If you aren’t willing to wait that long and need to perform instant OCR without downloading any of the software tools, try OCR Terminal - it’s an online Optical Character Recognition service where you can upload scanned images, multi-page PDF documents or even screenshots and convert them into searchable text documents.

CBS Mobile has released TV.com, a free new mobile application that allows iPhone and iPod touch users to watch full episodes of select CBS shows and other programming over WiFi or 3G mobile networks.

The new app (Free, App Store link) is the first example of an iPhone application providing free TV content directly from a TV studio in the US; the BBC already streams its free content to iPhone users in the UK using its iPlayer app.

TV.com currently offers a selection of CBS shows, including CBS News and CBS Sports programming and episodes of "Late Show with David Letterman, "Star Trek: the Original Series," "CSI," and "The Young and the Restless," among many others. The mobile application also serves up a selection of shows from the CW including "Smallville" and "90210," a half dozen shows from Showtime including "The L Word" and "The Tudors," and a variety of CNET and GameSpot podcasts.

CBS Mobile has released TV.com, a free new mobile application that allows iPhone and iPod touch users to watch full episodes of select CBS shows and other programming over WiFi or 3G mobile networks.

The new app (Free, App Store link) is the first example of an iPhone application providing free TV content directly from a TV studio in the US; the BBC already streams its free content to iPhone users in the UK using its iPlayer app.

TV.com currently offers a selection of CBS shows, including CBS News and CBS Sports programming and episodes of "Late Show with David Letterman, "Star Trek: the Original Series," "CSI," and "The Young and the Restless," among many others. The mobile application also serves up a selection of shows from the CW including "Smallville" and "90210," a half dozen shows from Showtime including "The L Word" and "The Tudors," and a variety of CNET and GameSpot podcasts.

While TV.com boasts thousands of videos from CBS, as well as partners such as MGM, Sony, Showtime, Endemol, and PBS, the international initiative will only allow international audiences to view clips of Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Star Trek, MacGyver, and Love Boat. CBS News programs such as 60 Minutes and 48 Hours will also be made available.

Anthony Soohoo, senior vice president of CBS Interactive's Entertainment and Lifestyle division, says that for now, the assortment of content is limited to short-form clips, but that as time goes on the company will look to make more long-form content available internationally.

"Our goal is to make as much content available online as possible," Soohoo says. "We were able to get the international rights of these clips. At this point, we're learning to walk before we can run."

The announcement comes just a week after NBC Universal and Fox Broadcasting Co. joint venture Hulu LLC pulled its content from TV.com, citing contractual rights.

While TV.com boasts thousands of videos from CBS, as well as partners such as MGM, Sony, Showtime, Endemol, and PBS, the international initiative will only allow international audiences to view clips of Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Star Trek, MacGyver, and Love Boat. CBS News programs such as 60 Minutes and 48 Hours will also be made available.

Anthony Soohoo, senior vice president of CBS Interactive's Entertainment and Lifestyle division, says that for now, the assortment of content is limited to short-form clips, but that as time goes on the company will look to make more long-form content available internationally.

"Our goal is to make as much content available online as possible," Soohoo says. "We were able to get the international rights of these clips. At this point, we're learning to walk before we can run."

The announcement comes just a week after NBC Universal and Fox Broadcasting Co. joint venture Hulu LLC pulled its content from TV.com, citing contractual rights.

... the nation's largest cable operators are in talks with media conglomerates to take back control. They would create a platform to release cable TV shows online, but exclusively for paying subscribers. ...

Cable operators and the networks have to walk a fine line between preserving their business without standing in the way of the online video revolution.

About 34 percent of adults who go online at home watch videos over the Internet at least every week, up from 25 percent two years ago, said a survey released Monday by Leichtman Research Group.

People aren't yet cutting the cord en masse -- the Leichtman survey found that people who watch recent TV shows online every week are not more likely to give up TV service than other people. But the industry is heading off what could end up as a troubling trend. After all, the availability of free content online has befuddled other media industries, from music to newspapers.

Hulu, a joint venture between NBC and Fox that streams free TV shows and movies, already has felt pressure from content providers. It recently ended access to its shows from Boxee, a startup's free program that lets viewers watch online shows easily on their TV sets. Industry executives say Hulu is losing money, but Hulu declined to comment on its financial status.

... the nation's largest cable operators are in talks with media conglomerates to take back control. They would create a platform to release cable TV shows online, but exclusively for paying subscribers. ...

Cable operators and the networks have to walk a fine line between preserving their business without standing in the way of the online video revolution.

About 34 percent of adults who go online at home watch videos over the Internet at least every week, up from 25 percent two years ago, said a survey released Monday by Leichtman Research Group.

People aren't yet cutting the cord en masse -- the Leichtman survey found that people who watch recent TV shows online every week are not more likely to give up TV service than other people. But the industry is heading off what could end up as a troubling trend. After all, the availability of free content online has befuddled other media industries, from music to newspapers.

Hulu, a joint venture between NBC and Fox that streams free TV shows and movies, already has felt pressure from content providers. It recently ended access to its shows from Boxee, a startup's free program that lets viewers watch online shows easily on their TV sets. Industry executives say Hulu is losing money, but Hulu declined to comment on its financial status.

Social Desktop adds URLs to the files and folders on your desktop, letting you share anything on your computer with anyone who can click on a URL. Persons receiving links can either access via e-mail or comment, tag, and search across all shared items via our Web page. We implement this by using a .NET service, but it is possible to create a universal namespace for every device and data source for a user, providing a universally addressable namespace with:

* Universal access. The same URL works from any device in the world.
* Universal sharing.
* Universal tagging and commenting.
* Freedom from legacy paths. Data isn’t limited by file-system concepts.

Social Desktop adds URLs to the files and folders on your desktop, letting you share anything on your computer with anyone who can click on a URL. Persons receiving links can either access via e-mail or comment, tag, and search across all shared items via our Web page. We implement this by using a .NET service, but it is possible to create a universal namespace for every device and data source for a user, providing a universally addressable namespace with:

* Universal access. The same URL works from any device in the world.
* Universal sharing.
* Universal tagging and commenting.
* Freedom from legacy paths. Data isn’t limited by file-system concepts.

Parents who complain about their kids spending too much time on the computer might want to check their own online time. Kids and young adults age 12-24 spent roughly 13 hours a month on the Internet. But adults age 35-55 spent roughly 36 hours in that same time.

What’s more, the Internet video audience also skews older. More than half—55%–of Internet video is consumed by people age 25-54.

Seniors also have their place in these figures. People age 65 and old spent an average of 207-and-a-half hours a month watching television—almost seven hours a day. They also spent 26-and-a-half hours a month on the Internet, nearly as much time as some of their younger counterparts.

Parents who complain about their kids spending too much time on the computer might want to check their own online time. Kids and young adults age 12-24 spent roughly 13 hours a month on the Internet. But adults age 35-55 spent roughly 36 hours in that same time.

What’s more, the Internet video audience also skews older. More than half—55%–of Internet video is consumed by people age 25-54.

Seniors also have their place in these figures. People age 65 and old spent an average of 207-and-a-half hours a month watching television—almost seven hours a day. They also spent 26-and-a-half hours a month on the Internet, nearly as much time as some of their younger counterparts.

Online video is cutting into television, albeit slowly.

People are watching more video than ever on every type of screen -- television, the Internet and mobile devices -- according to a report on the nation's viewing habits to be released Monday by Nielsen Co.

Nielsen found that during the fourth quarter of 2008 the number of users and the time spent watching each of the three screen media rose from the previous quarter. "If people like video, they like it wherever they can get it," said Susan Whiting, vice chair of Nielsen. ...

For the first time in the Nielsen study, people ages 18-24 spent nearly the same amount of time -- roughly five hours -- watching Internet video each month as they did watching DVR programs. Other age brackets watched half as much or less Internet video than they did DVR video.

Online video is cutting into television, albeit slowly.

People are watching more video than ever on every type of screen -- television, the Internet and mobile devices -- according to a report on the nation's viewing habits to be released Monday by Nielsen Co.

Nielsen found that during the fourth quarter of 2008 the number of users and the time spent watching each of the three screen media rose from the previous quarter. "If people like video, they like it wherever they can get it," said Susan Whiting, vice chair of Nielsen. ...

For the first time in the Nielsen study, people ages 18-24 spent nearly the same amount of time -- roughly five hours -- watching Internet video each month as they did watching DVR programs. Other age brackets watched half as much or less Internet video than they did DVR video.

All of this is part of something I call the coming online video backlash. It’s going to take this whole year, and it’s going to inspire a lot of hasty moves on the part of TV executives to pull previously available content. And consumers are going to hate it.

I don’t envy Hulu’s position in this. It has to keep the lines of access open to the providers of top TV content, but it has to make good on its promise of serving viewers. So far, it has done a great job, but at some point, it’s going to be forced to do something that will begin to tarnish its brand. I don’t personally think the Boxee removal qualifies — only a few tens of thousands of us are nerdy enough to have hacked our Apple TVs — but sometime soon, somebody at Viacom or Fox or Sony Pictures will recall content that was previously available. Expect it to happen around sweeps weeks or the season finale weeks. It’s gonna get ugly.

All of this is part of something I call the coming online video backlash. It’s going to take this whole year, and it’s going to inspire a lot of hasty moves on the part of TV executives to pull previously available content. And consumers are going to hate it.

I don’t envy Hulu’s position in this. It has to keep the lines of access open to the providers of top TV content, but it has to make good on its promise of serving viewers. So far, it has done a great job, but at some point, it’s going to be forced to do something that will begin to tarnish its brand. I don’t personally think the Boxee removal qualifies — only a few tens of thousands of us are nerdy enough to have hacked our Apple TVs — but sometime soon, somebody at Viacom or Fox or Sony Pictures will recall content that was previously available. Expect it to happen around sweeps weeks or the season finale weeks. It’s gonna get ugly.

Television viewing continues to set records in the U.S. with the average American watching an astonishing 151 hours of monthly programming – almost 5 hours a day.

Consumption of video on the Internet and on mobile devices is on the rise as well, with average monthly viewing reaching 2 hours and 53 minutes and 3 hours and 42 minutes, respectively, in the fourth quarter.

Time-shift viewing, where programs are recorded on a digital video recorder, also increased to 7 hours and 11 minutes, according to a new Nielsen study.

The study underscores the notion that while video consumption on the Internet and mobile devices is increasing, it so far hasn’t detracted from traditional viewing on the home’s big screen.

Television viewing continues to set records in the U.S. with the average American watching an astonishing 151 hours of monthly programming – almost 5 hours a day.

Consumption of video on the Internet and on mobile devices is on the rise as well, with average monthly viewing reaching 2 hours and 53 minutes and 3 hours and 42 minutes, respectively, in the fourth quarter.

Time-shift viewing, where programs are recorded on a digital video recorder, also increased to 7 hours and 11 minutes, according to a new Nielsen study.

The study underscores the notion that while video consumption on the Internet and mobile devices is increasing, it so far hasn’t detracted from traditional viewing on the home’s big screen.