Futuresource Consulting’s latest wave of Living with Digital consumer research highlights the continued shift in entertainment behaviour amongst respondents. One key trend is the emergence of TV as an increasingly connected device, either directly on the connected TV or through ancillary devices such as digital media adaptors (DMA) or connected set-top-boxes, both of which have […]
Ofcom has published its annual reports into the consumer experience of the fixed and mobile, Internet and digital broadcasting markets. Around half of all UK adults access multichannel television at home through Freeview, with 34 per cent only using Freeview. This compares to 30 per cent only using satellite and 14 per cent only using […]
One in eight Australian households now have a Smart TV – almost a sixfold increase over the last four years, data from Roy Morgan Research shows. 1.125 million homes now contain at least one television with an inbuilt Internet connection, from brands including Panasonic, LG, Sony and Samsung. But as well as Smart TVs, there […]
By Q1 2017, 40 per cent of US Internet homes will have a streaming media player, bringing the total number of homes with these devices to 39 million, according to an NPD Connected Intelligence Connected Home Forecast. At the beginning of 2014 only
All the evidence shows that 4K display sales are being helped by this coming weekend’s Super Bowl, despite no broadcaster actually transmitting the game in Ultra-HD. BestBuy, a leading US electrical retailer, says
The 2015 Childwise Monitor, an annual report looking at children’s media consumption, shows that the equipment mix is changing. Most children have their own computer or tablet, phone, games console and television – but console, television and to an extent, phone ownership, is falling. Tablet ownership continues to grow, although it’s slowing. The major tablet […]
Irdeto has launched its Eye on 2020 report, a series of predictions over the next five years covering trends that will impact the broadcast and content industries, including the connected home, piracy, platform expectations and future differentiators. In what is set to be a make or break time for operators looking to flourish and as […]
Smart home and IoT research from Parks Associates finds ownership and usage of connected devices is growing among US broadband households: The research reveals that: – 26 per cent own a streaming media device. – 34 per cent own a smart TV. – 16 per cent own a smart home device. – The average household […]
Findings from Philips uWand, the intuitive camera-based direct pointing remote control technology specialist, have revealed that professionals in the consumer electronics industry recognise need for a better Smart TV experience, with few taking advantage of Smart TV’s potential, with the user experience to blame. uWand’s latest Smart TV Report shows a
While the television remains viewers’ primary means of accessing video content, the number of consumers watching video content via streaming (63 per cent) is gaining on those who watch through a traditional service provider (68 per cent), according to a pair of new studies from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). CEA’s