OTTAWA – A new report by the Media Technology Monitor (MTM) seeks to understand how mediums like OTT services and the dominance of smartphones has had a broader impact on media usage in families.
Modern Families and Modern Technologies: An Overview of Canadian Households profiles Anglophone families and their ownership of media technology.
Key findings from the Families Report include:
– There is a notable difference between different family composition groups in terms of household TV reception. Households with children under 7 are more likely to be getting their TV content online. On the other hand, households with teens are more likely to have a subscription service such as cable, satellite, or fibre optic than the typical Anglophone household.
– Households with children are more likely to own any and all Internet-connected devices. It is more likely to find all of computers, smartphones, tablets, Internet-connected TV, and smart speakers in households with kids, as well as game consoles.
MTM is a research product of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC/Radio Canada).
