The Australian Multi-Screen Report for Q2 2014 reveals that Australians are watching more television on in-home TV sets year-on-year and continue to adopt new screen technologies.

Total use of the television screen has also risen compared to a year ago, reflecting the progressive take-up of new devices attached to the TV set, and of televisions with the potential to connect to the internet.

Key highlights from this edition:

• Australians watch on average 97 hours and 03 minutes (97:03) of broadcast TV on traditional television sets per month – up 26 minutes per month year-on-year (YOY).
• 91.8% of all broadcast TV viewing is Live, with Playback of broadcast content that viewers record and watch within seven days accounting for 8.2% (7:58 per month).
• Australians spend on average 39:27 per month online .
• 27% of homes have internet-capable TVs, whether connected or not (22% in Q2 2013).
• 42% of homes have tablets (33% in Q2 2013).
• 71% of Australians aged 16+ own a smartphone (65% in Q2 2013) and self-report an average 1:56 per month viewing any video on these devices (1:20 a year earlier).
• 13.516 million Australians watch some video on the Internet each month (including TV broadcast and non-broadcast content): an average of 8:08 per month.