TV Networks Streaming Millions of Shows

According to an AP story, TV networks are streaming millions of TV shows over the Internet, with "Heroes" and "Jericho" the two top shows. ABC won't say what their most popular streamed shows are, but bets are "Grey's Anatomy" is number 1 for them. Some quick facts from the story:
  • NBC has streamed 5 million individual episodes of its shows.
  • ABC streamed more than 2.5 million in the first two weeks of the new season.
  • ABC says the average age of its online viewers is 29; for television viewers, it's 46.
  • NBC said it has hit the "5 million mark in total downloads" with "Heroes" accounting for about half of the downloads.
None of the top four networks say how many people watch their shows online, however and Nielsen is still about 18 months away from launching an online TV measurement system. So the next big thing is by checking total web site traffic. Visitors to ABC.com jumped 224 percent between August and September, to 181 million, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. NBC went up 30 percent while CBS was up 3 percent. [tags] Hollywood, Nielsen, ratings, ABC, CBS, NBC, streaming, downloads [/tags]
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