Report: Broadcast TV Will Have a Successful 2010

By Andrew Gauthier 

Reuters

The television will dominate home entertainment for another year in 2010, showing more staying power than newspapers and even their digital reincarnation the e-reader which could both struggle, a new report predicts.

According to the Deloitte 2010 TMT Predictions, the TV and its fixed schedule will remain a central part of the entertainment experience despite the growing demand from viewers who want to watch individual programs when they want them.

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The forecast goes against many expectations as analysts have long expected the habit of downloading content from the Internet onto a computer — when and where the viewer wants it — to slowly spread to the way viewers also watch TV. More…

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