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A new report from Britain [showing / shows] that things are not looking good for companies who sell televisions. The number [for / of] U.K. homes with a TV fell last year for the first time [even / ever] . The report is from an organization [called / calling] Ofcom, which studies business, habits and [trends / trendy] in Britain. It said that after [decades / decade] of television sales increasing, things are now moving in the [opposition / opposite] direction. Ofcom found that the number of homes with [a / the] TV fell from 26.33 million at the end of 2012 to 26.02 million at the end of the following year. This is a drop [for / of] 300,000. The first survey on TV ownership in Britain was in 1956. Then, just over 30 per cent of homes had a TV. This figure [rose / rise] to around 93 per cent by the 1970s.

Ofcom said the [fall / fail] in TV ownership in Britain was probably because [for / of] people using tablets, mobile phones and [other / another] devices to watch TV. Many people nowadays are [chosen / choosing] to watch 'catch-up' TV, whereby they record [their / them] favourite programmes and watch them later on their [digital / digitally] devices. Ofcom said catch-up TV is becoming increasingly popular and is [being / been] watched on smartphones, tablets, computers and games consoles. Figures from the BBC [showed / shows] that 47 per cent of requests for its iPlayer service came from tablets or mobiles, up from [adjust / just] 25 per cent in October 2012. In the 18-24 age group, 15 per cent watch most of their television [on / in] a laptop, compared to the national average of 3 per cent.