People Watched 700 Million Hours of YouTube Podcasts on TV in October

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Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmericas+1 212 318 2000EMEA+44 20 7330 7500Asia Pacific+65 6212 1000Streaming Wars:That’s up from 400 million hours a year ago as podcasts become the new late-night TV. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP) People are spending more time tuning in to podcasts on Alphabet Inc.’s YouTube, and increasingly they’re turning to the biggest screen in their homes: the TV.In October, viewers streamed more than 700 million hours of podcasts on their living room devices, nearly double the amount of time in the same month a year ago.
