The percentage of sales people that recommend Samsung HDTVs.
Salespeople are also becoming less likely to recommend LCD sets over plasma sets, which goes against the industry trend.
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1. Shows come out in Europe much later than they do in the United States (at least, US shows). Many times, through the magic of the Internet, they have read, sometimes months in advance, what the premise of each episode will be. Sort of ruins the experience...
2. Because of point #1, many Europeans are also aware of, and often employ the use of, Bit Torrent. This is what happens when you artificially manipulate how, when, and where people can acquire content, in the age of the Internet.
3. Like most polls, I'd love to see who exactly they solicited this information from. Polls tend to often show exactly what the sponsors of polls are trying to show (go figure).
4. Since sites like Hulu aren't available outside of the US, why is this at all surprising?
Bottom line: Media industry is stupid, they unreasonably, unrealistically, and unnecessarily attempt to control the distribution and use of their content with an iron fist. That's all well and good until there is a viable means by which to access that content outside of their artificial environment, and then...oops! All bets are off.