Studies have shown that people eat more unhealthy snacks while they watch TV and are more likely to be exposed to ads for junk food.
If we stopped asking them to save us from ourselves, we could do much more than watch TV in peace.
After all, more and more TVs get connected to the Internet and more and more people watch TV shows on their laptops, smartphones, and tablets.
Mediamark's numbers state that 20 percent of adults watch 44.5 hours or more of TV per week, while only 15.7 of DVR owners watch that much boob tube.
Google announced a new product today that will make it easier, in theory, to watch more web video on your TV.
In Asia, where far more people carry cellphones and watch TV than surf the Net, the investments also acknowledge that Internet content will in the future be accessed over different types of wired and wireless networks and on various devices, not just computers.
Those who watch huge amounts of TV are also probably more likely to have an unhealthy diet and be overweight.
"Every day more people use our product than watch TV, " he says.
It's a good thing, too: A 2001 survey found more than half the people who watch TV say they have learned something about a disease or disease prevention from a show.
By requiring authentication to access live programming on new media devices, ESPN and its distribution partners are extending their lucrative pay-TV business model onto the Web as the Internet becomes a more mainstream place for consumers to watch video content and a potential replacement to traditional TV.
In many countries in the region, adults watch nearly as much TV as do those in more mature markets such as Europe and the U.S. And the evidence from the U.S. suggests that if people are going to hunker down for more than the three or so hours a day they do now, they may choose to cocoon in front of their computers instead.
In Zambia meanwhile, a former FA president says the SuperSport deal means fans now watch local games on TV - not just because they can watch the European games afterwards, but also for more simple reasons.
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But John Burke, a senior vice president and general manager of Motorola Mobility's "Converged Solutions" service, said consumers want more flexibility in how and where they watch movies and TV shows.
RCA-owned NBC and DuMont wanted customers for TV sets more than they wanted eyeballs to watch advertising.
While a roving HD DVD mobile experience is great, more HD ads on our TV compell us to watch any and everything (since its HD) without ever leaving the couch.
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It means that when consumers watch TV shows and movies, they could potentially be able to do more than just play, pause and stop.
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Even if this week were nothing more than a chance to eat massive amounts of delicious food and watch TV with your family, it would still be fun.
Mahaney's report said that more than one-third of Netflix's streaming subscribers watch about as many TV series as they do movies over the Internet.
The new feature gives people even more ways to explore and choose what to watch, whether in front of the TV or while they are elsewhere in the house.
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If Latinos don't get satisfaction, and more importantly some respect, we should turn the TV channel and not watch the broadcast of the Kennedy Center Honors on December 2 and not buy the products of any advertiser that sponsors the show.
For the past 11 years, Chernin has been given enormous latitude to run the company's entertainment and technology divisions as he sees fit, resulting in hits like American Idol, the purchase of MySpace and, more recently, Hulu, a Web partnership with NBC where viewers can watch TV shows and movies for free.
Emerging markets, where people may be more likely to watch video on their phones than on a desktop computer or even a TV, are a big target.
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One thing likely to be more common on PCs aimed at consumers in the coming months is the ability to watch TV, which strictly speaking isn't new.
More in demand now are features for the growing number of users who want to watch TV on all their screens, big and small, and pull from a large selection of content options, not just the cable feed and their DVR.
Netflix "Just for Kids" makes it easier and more fun for kids and families to browse and instantly watch a large selection of kid-friendly TV shows and movies.
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We want to help viewers find something great to watch the minute they sit down, so they can spend less time searching and more time watching the TV they love.
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With a new software update coming in November, fans of the Fox show Glee, for example, will be able to rent an episode, start watching on their iPhones during the morning commute, watch some more on the PC during lunch, and finish up after work with the iPad or Apple TV.
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