More and more people these days are watching more TV online and less TV on the television set. Is it a natural progression or maybe the old technology that is a standard tv set is losing the battle of the eyeballs.

A newly released report from Conference Board which was revealed on Tuesday shows that around a quarter of all homes in the US are getting their tv fix online. Although you may say its only a quarter, it is also up around 5% on last years figure of 20%.

The survey also revealed that news streams were most popular and had a viewership of 43% of internet tv viewers, next up was sitcoms, comedies and dramas, viewed by 35%. Reality shows and surprisingly sports cam next with 20% and 18% respectively.

Viewing numbers of Hulu’s online TV service, showing streams from NBC, ABC, Fox amongst others, nearly quadrupled from last year as online tv dragged more and more mainstream viewers into its grasp.

So where does everyone watch online tv? The survey showed that 90% of online viewers watch at home. But a rather naughty 10% watch at the office. Whilst they should be working i wonder?

News and sitcoms are the most popular show to watch, which ties in with our post of YouTube to rent movies online. Their viewers are reluctant to watch the currently free full length movies as viewers are still not comfortable watching over 90 minutes of conntent in one sitting (Numb bum anyone?).

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