On demand TV viewing moving online in Canada, says SRG

TORONTO – Canadians are excited about high definition television and are falling in love with on line TV viewing. However, their yearning for PVR or VOD technology is proving far less intense. So says the newest edition of Fast Forward, Solutions Research Group’s quarterly, ongoing syndicated research. As of November 2008, when the company’s survey of 1,000 online Canadians was done, 37% of online households in Canada have been shown to have an HD-capable set, which translates to about 32% of all Canadian households – about four million homes. HD-box adoption has also grown and is now above the PVR...