English spend half their time to technology

Between television, radio, cell phones, internet and other technological means of delivery, the British spend almost half their time to use telecommunications equipment, said the British telecoms regulator, OFCOM.
In its annual survey of the telecommunications market, OFCOM first calculated the average time devoted to the British media and other vectors of technology and stands at just over 7 hours per day per person, or about 45% of the average time of a day without counting the hours to sleep.
More specifically, the routine use of traditional media (television and radio) is maintained, supported by the development of new technology such as HDTV.

Britain and the technology

Britons last year spent three hours and 45 minutes per day in front of the cathode ray tube, over a quarter of them are equipped with televisions "HD Ready", meaning that they can receive programs broadcast in high definition.

In parallel, the use of new technology vectors exploded. The British sent on average four times more text messages on cell phones in 2004 and almost a quarter of the time they spend online is used in social networks like Facebook.
In two years, multifunction phones doubled to 12.8 million units, and those who use their devices to view Internet last year rose 50% to 13.5 million.The gap between the generations in the use of new technologies also tends to decrease: more than half of those over 55 years has access to broadband internet.
Finally, the British, especially youth, are becoming more "multifaceted", ie, for example, surf the Internet while watching television and talking on their phones.