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A new from Britain shows that things are not looking for companies who sell televisions. The number of U.K. homes with a TV fell year for the first time . The report is from an organization called Ofcom, which studies business, habits and in Britain. It said that after decades of television sales increasing, things are now moving in the direction. Ofcom found that the number of homes with a TV fell from 26.33 million at the of 2012 to 26.02 million at the end of the year. This is a drop of 300,000. The first on TV ownership in Britain was in 1956. Then, just over 30 per cent of homes had a TV. This rose to around 93 per cent by the 1970s.

Ofcom said the fall in TV in Britain was probably because of using tablets, mobile phones and other to watch TV. Many people nowadays are choosing to watch 'catch-up' TV, they record their favourite programmes and watch them on their digital devices. Ofcom said catch-up TV is becoming increasingly and is being watched on smartphones, tablets, computers and games . Figures from the BBC showed that 47 per cent of for its iPlayer service came from tablets or mobiles, up from just 25 per cent in October 2012. In the 18-24 age , 15 per cent watch most of their television on a laptop, compared to the national of 3 per cent.

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