5.The number of hours that people watch television.

HOURS/PERSON/YEAR        1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006
Total Mdia Usage        3,347 3,469 3,519 3,570 3,623 3,661 3,715 3,750 3,785
Television              1,551 1,588 1,640 1,661 1,661 1,656 1,669 1,672 1,679
 Broadcast TV             884   867   865   815   810   798   796   790   787
  -Network stations       710   706   805   753   749   736   735   729   726
  -Independent stations   174   162    61    62    61    61    61    61    61
 Cable & satellite TV     667   720   774   846   851   858   873   881   892
  -Basic                  565   617   638   692   698   706   720   729   726
  -Premium                101   103   137   154   153   152   153   152   166

Estimates of time spent were derived using rating data for television, cable and satellite television, and other medias. Adults 18 and older were the basis for estimates for these datas.

Data Resource: FCC Annual Report 2003

From these data, we could easily find that the time people spent on TV is almost half of the time people spent on the whole media in their life. So we think TV nowadays is still a very very important media.