Web-To-TV In 24 Million US Homes By 2013

Technology research firm In-Stat forecasts that by 2013 the number of U.S. broadband households watching Web-to-TV content will grow to 24 million, generating $2.9 billion in revenue from streaming services. In-Stat points out that almost 30% of those ages 25 to 34 already use game consoles to view streaming video off the Internet. But in the coming years, Web-enabled televisions and set-top boxes will supplant game consoles as the main technologies for people to access Internet video on their TVs. "Consumers will have either an Ethernet jack on the back of their TVs to interconnect to the Web or through a Web-enabled set-top box," said In-Stat analyst Keith Nissen. "By 2011, Web-to-TV will be taking off because it will be very simple and convenient to do this."