Take a look at these interesting global highlights from The Future Laboratory’s latest research report on the future of entertainment.
Nokia and trend forecasters The Future Laboratory just released a new study predicting a great uptick in consumption of user-generated and shared digital content. According to the survey, “Up to a quarter of the entertainment consumed by people in five years time will have been created, edited and shared within their peer circle rather than coming out of traditional media groups.”
Here are some of the general DIY Entertainment stats from the survey.
Germany: 69% make their own media (music, image, video)
Great Britain: 38% make their own media
Italy: 33% make their own media
Spain: 30% regularly shoot video
India: 21% aged 18 – 24 regularly create and post podcasts online, 25% of these also get paid for uploading media to the internet
USA: 10% regularly create and publish a podcast, 10% are paid for publishing media on the internet
Italy: 4% get paid for uploading media to the internet
Here are a few mobile-related highlights.
Blogging
Great Britain: 23% update their blog using a mobile device
Music
Japan: 37% listen to music on a mobile device
Great Britain: 10% have made music on a mobile device
USA: 23% download music or video straight to a mobile device
Television
Great Britain: 26% regularly watch TV on a mobile device
South Korea: 40% watch TV on a mobile device
India: 45% watch TV and film on a mobile device
Russia: 30% regularly watch TV on a mobile device
Film
South Korea: 25% download films to a mobile device.
India: 45% watch TV and films on a mobile device
Italy: 50% watch films on a mobile device
Internet
Japan: 85% surf the net on a mobile device
India: 77% aged 18 – 24 regularly surf the internet from a mobile device
Germany: 51% access the news on a mobile device
Spain: 36% browse the internet on a mobile device
Gaming
USA: 25% play games on portable game consoles and mobile devices
Canada: 19% play games on a mobile device
Italy: 17% play games on a mobile device
Maps/GPS
USA: 25% access GPS and Google maps on a mobile device
Photos
Japan: 81% regularly take pictures on a mobile device
Spain: 49% take pictures on a mobile device
For complete access to the full report, go here.
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