"Internet users are increasingly time-shifting their media consumption by downloading podcasts to watch or listen later, according to a US study.

A research group looking into the habits of web users, the Pew Internet and American Life Project, found that 19% of internet users had downloaded podcasts to listen or view at a later date.

A similar study in August 2006 found that just 12% of internet users had done this. An earlier study of downloading habits, in February and April 2006, found that just 7% of users had downloaded a podcast in this manner."


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