Investor’s Business Daily: Half of all U.S. homes with Internet access have a connected TV device, says a new NPD Group report, amid the continued popularity of Netflix, Amazon and other online video programming. Streaming media players, gaming consoles, and Blu-Ray players are included in NPD’s connected-device count, with smart TVs in particular driving growth, said the firm. Netflix, Google’s YouTube and Amazon Prime/Instant Video dominated audience eyeballs as the most popular video services in connected-TV homes as of Q2, according to NPD.