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The latest sign of rapid tablet ascendancy in streaming video consumption comes from the BBC (PDF), which tracks closely the performance of iPlayer, one of the most popular methods to view video content in the United Kingdom. The iPlayer is now generating more than 10 million video requests a day, up from 2.5 million a day in April 2009.
And what is really striking is how much of the demand growth comes from tablets. In February 2013, just 14% of iPlayer video requests originated from tablet devices but by February 2014, that portion had ballooned to 23%. Fascinatingly, even though a new generation of video game consoles had started to arrive at British households by February, the game console portion remained a flat 4% between February 2013 and February 2014.
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I think that people use tablets to play streaming video like YouTube, Netflix, and iPlayer because tablets are cheaper because they can be bought for $50 or less online while console costs many hundreds more. Plus, the YouTube and other video streaming apps for game consoles are not very good.
Web browsers for tablets are also better at playing YouTube, Netflix, and Vimeo because many mobile web browsers like Chrome, Firefox are easy to use on a touchscreen, and touchscreen keyboard.
I think the low 4% usage of video streaming apps for game console proves that Game console gamers don't really want video streaming, and rather have good games.
And what is really striking is how much of the demand growth comes from tablets. In February 2013, just 14% of iPlayer video requests originated from tablet devices but by February 2014, that portion had ballooned to 23%. Fascinatingly, even though a new generation of video game consoles had started to arrive at British households by February, the game console portion remained a flat 4% between February 2013 and February 2014.
Read More
I think that people use tablets to play streaming video like YouTube, Netflix, and iPlayer because tablets are cheaper because they can be bought for $50 or less online while console costs many hundreds more. Plus, the YouTube and other video streaming apps for game consoles are not very good.
Web browsers for tablets are also better at playing YouTube, Netflix, and Vimeo because many mobile web browsers like Chrome, Firefox are easy to use on a touchscreen, and touchscreen keyboard.
I think the low 4% usage of video streaming apps for game console proves that Game console gamers don't really want video streaming, and rather have good games.
