CES 2018: Audiences worldwide now spending 20% of lives watching or searching for video, says TiVo

By John Bugailiskis

LAS VEGAS - A TiVo study released today found that the average global viewer spends 4.4 hours each day watching some sort of video. Coupled with the global average of 28 minutes spent each day searching for content to watch, it amounts to nearly five hours per day of video engagement, or 20% of daily life.“Addicted to Video: The Global Obsession” found that about 90% of households are currently paying for traditional pay-TV service. However, more than 60% are also subscribing to streaming video services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu. For now, over-the-top (OTT) services are predominantly complementary to...