Redback Networks, an Ericsson company that makes video-centric broadband routers, has revealed that more than half of UK residents (57%) watch up to 10 hours or more of on-demand TV or recorded TV each week. The survey, carried out by YouGov on behalf of Redback, questioned 2168 online adults.

The most common methods for recording programmes in the UK were Sky+ (22%), personal video recorders, and VHS machines (27%). On demand services are also used for later recorded viewing. 11% use On demand TV services, whilst 16% use internet catch up services, such as the BBC iPlayer.

Roughly half of online UK residents (48%) have watched video or TV on the Internet, with the vast majority using Internet-based TV services for on-demand viewing (70%). Of that 48%, 22% have watched Internet TV or video over the past 7 days:


Meanwhile, the biggest drivers which would encourage more people to watch Internet TV or video are; more free content available (56%), quality of picture (47%) and the ability to watch Internet video on a TV screen, rather than a computer (38%).

In terms of content, news (24%), entertainment (27%) and short videos (42%) are the most popular type of content to watch on computer rather than on TV.