The average person in the United States watches almost five hours of television a day, more than an hour greater than the average of people in the world's biggest economies, new research says.

一项新研究发现，美国人平均每天看电视的时间近乎5个小时，比世界上若干经济大国人口看电视的平均时间高出1个小时。

2015's International Communications Market report said the average American watches 282 minutes of broadcast television a day - or four hours and 42 minutes.

2015年的国际通讯市场报告显示，美国人平均每天收看广播电视的时间高达282分钟——4小时42分钟。

In comparison¹, the average Brit watches three hours and 40 minutes of TV - one minute below the average.

相较之下，英国人收看电视的平均时间为3小时40分钟——比各国平均时间少1分钟。

42 per cent of UK households own a TV connected to the internet, more than any country except Spain.

在英国有42%的家庭拥有网络电视，仅次于西班牙。

In comparison, the US's broadcast TV viewing per day declined² by 3.8 per cent last year, and France's declined by 2.2 per cent.

相较之下，美国的广播电视收视率去年下降了3.8%，而法国则下降了2.2%。

Of the 15 countries included in the survey, Sweden, China, Korea, the Netherlands and Australia watch less linear³ TV a day.

在参与调查的15个国家中，瑞典，中国，韩国，荷兰和澳大利亚每天收看电视的时间较短。