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Telco TV, tablets and Netflix lead new media tech – MTM

OTTAWA - Cable and satellite TV have joined the likes of dial-up home Internet as media technologies that are now declining in popularity with Canadians. On the flip side, technologies that are now rapidly expanding include streaming audio on mobile, video-on-demand, satellite radio, viewing TV online and Netflix. These are the findings of the Media Technology Adoption Fall 2012 English-language market report from Media Technology Monitor. MTM surveyed 4,000 English-speaking Canadians and found the move towards smartphones and tablets continues unabated. More than half of Anglophones now own smartphones and over a quarter have tablets. As a result viewing TV...