New research by In-Stat reveals despite TV apps are not the reason for consumers purchasing connected TVs, over 60% of connected households will use a TV app at least once weekly. The Q2'11 US Digital Entertainment Database report indicates advent smart TV consumers are rapidly adopting online TV applications that are integrated into their connected TVs.

Rapid TV News reports that according to the latest AllotMobile Trends Report, global mobile data bandwidth usage has contributed to an overall 68% leap in the first half of 2010. Video streaming applications continue to dominate the global mobile bandwidth scene, they remain the largest consumer of bandwidth with a 35% share, YouTube accounting for 13% of mobile data bandwidth.