965 Million Connected TVs by 2020

According to Digital TV Research, the number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 965 million by 2020, up from 103 million at the end of 2010 and the 339 million expected at the end-2014.

The research house estimates that the proportion of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 30.4% by 2020, up from 4.2% at end-2010 and the 12.1% expected by end-2014. South Korea (52.7%) is expected to have the highest proportion by 2020, followed by the UK (50.6%), Japan (48.6%) and the United States (47.0%).

From the 698 million additional TV sets connected to the Internet between 2013 and 2020, China is expected to have 160 million, followed by the United States with 92 million and India with 75 million.