56 Percent of US Millennial Tablet Owners Use Their Device in Conjunction with TV Viewing

Tablets, especially for younger owners, are an extension of the TV viewing experience. According to the new Connected TV App Discovery Report from NPD Connected Intelligence while watching TV, 56 percent of US tablet owners age 18-34 use their tablet for activities related to the TV program they are watching or for other programming related activities.

This compares to just 41 percent among all tablet owners age 18 and older. The top three TV-related tablet activities among Millennials are; searching for programing to watch (34 percent), social media engagement related to a TV program (31 percent) and learning more about the program they are viewing (30 percent).

Even more tablet owners age 18-34 say they want to use their device in conjunction with TV viewing in the future and social media is a driving factor. Among Millennial tablet owners, 44 percent said they would consider using their device in the future for social media activity related to a TV program making it the number one way this age group wants to engage while watching TV.