The product allows consumers to watch shows and movies streamed over the Web on their TV.
Was it turning web browsers away when millions of people came to watch shows online?
Then Hulu launched and made it possible to watch shows the day after they aired.
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Rooms at the Hyatt Place are equipped with hook-ups so you can watch shows off your laptop.
GetGlue is making a case that they are building loyalty with customers who watch shows over an entire season.
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Viewers will be able to watch shows like crime drama CSI, with free content supported by advertising revenues which will be split between CBS and partners.
Rather than continue to fight a losing battle to replace the cable box, the company refocused on making it iPod-simple to watch shows across all of its devices.
In fact, the ability to skip commercials is the second most important factor, just behind convenience, prompting users to watch shows on their DVRs, the Oliver Wyman survey found.
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Burrows reports that last year Jobs tried to convince the studios to let him set up a subscription service that would have allowed subscribers to watch shows a la carte.
Such technologies could allow users to watch shows they have saved or purchased on two different devices, like a TV and a computer, without having to buy or record the shows twice.
For the first time ever, the industry will take into account viewers who watch shows after their original airing on digital video recorders (homes with these devices make up some 20% of Nielsen's sample).
YouView's unique programme guide lets users go back in time, so they can watch shows from last night or last week even if they forgot to record them, as well as record, pause and rewind live TV.
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All the figures are based on overnight average figures produced by BARB, which do not take into account viewers who will watch shows at a later date on the BBC iPlayer or the ITV Player, or other catch-up services.
Only people with Pay TV will watch american shows, poor people only watch local stuff.
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Companies that make and distribute TV shows have a vested interest in controlling how and when we watch our shows, but consumers want as much freedom as possible.
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To fight back, last October ABC became the first network to sell downloadable television shows on iTunes, though it's still unclear whether viewers will want to watch the shows 24-7 on such small screens.
"Research shows in the short term our own concepts of aggression are activated in the brain when we watch these shows, and we are primed to behave aggressively, " said psychologist Sarah Coyne.
Another thing I like about streaming is that I can watch these shows on multiple devices.
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Or, you can provide second-screen content to further engage viewers while they half-watch your shows.
If all else fails, fire up the laptop or tablet to let your kids watch different shows.
The satellite service has 14 million customers who watch TV shows and movies without having to leave home.
But DVRs increase viewership since people may watch three shows later for every one that would have seen live.
Expect Nielsen, however, to begin including those who watch television shows on PCs at some point in the future.
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The people watch Malaysian shows on television, buy Malaysian-made goods, are treated by its doctors and use the ringgit.
The former CEO of Ask.com started the company Clicker in 2008 as an online guide to where you can watch TV shows.
In the constantly changing technological landscape, TV companies have to decide how easily they want to make it for viewers to watch their shows.
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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There are no monthly fees for using the Slingbox nor is there any cost to watch your shows on a PC or Mac browser.
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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.
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