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High-end gateways and STBs crowding out broadband routers

Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its latest Home Networking Devices report, which tracks broadband routers; residential gateways; STBs; multimedia over coax (MoCA) optical network terminals (ONTs); and HomePlug Powerline, MoCA coax-Ethernet, and HPNA/G.hn adapters. “In the more mature broadband markets of North America and Western Europe, service providers are deploying higher-end […]

November 27, 2014

Streaming media devices popular for Xmas

Analysis from Parks Associates predicts connected entertainment devices, including game consoles and streaming media devices, will be the most popular gifts for the holiday season. Among connected CE devices acquired in 2014, 37 per cent of smart watches, 25 per cent of streaming media devices (including players like the Roku 3 and sticks like the Google […]

November 26, 2014

Spain: Smart TV take-up boosts pay-TV content

The expansion of Smart TVs is driving the increase in the consumption of pay-TV content amongst Spaniards. This is one of the main conclusions from a report by Samsung and The Cocktail Analysis which reveals that in families with children the consumption of VoD and OTT services through their Smart TVs is significantly growing in […]

November 26, 2014From David Del Valle in Madrid

Large-screen TV sales up 48%

Sales research specialist GfK says the UK market for large TV displays (50″+) has managed “strong sales” in the past year, with October sales up 48 per cent on October last year.  However, total TV sales fell back 1 per cent in value overall, and 32”-42” sales fell by 11 per cent in value terms. […]

November 26, 2014By Chris Forrester

DOCSIS channel shipments up 95%

Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 3rd quarter 2014 CCAP, CMTS, and Edge QAM Hardware and Subscribers report, which tracks cable broadband equipment and subscribers. “Though down a bit sequentially, total upstream and downstream

November 25, 2014

OLED display market set for strong growth

Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) displays and smart-phone/tablet screens are going to see “spectacular” growth rates over the next few years according to a stud from Infiniti Research/TechNavio. The analyst firm say that the global OLED display market will grow at a CAGR of 36.7 per cent in the period to 2018. The global OLED […]

November 24, 2014By Chris Forrester

Multiscreen TV providers moving to NFV

Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its 2014 Multiscreen TV Strategies and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, which provides insight into pay-TV operator plans for multiscreen video services and delivering live and file-based video content to subscribers over multiple devices. “Service providers want flexibility in the processing platforms they use to […]

November 21, 2014

More UK homes use PVR than VoD

Decipher, the digital media consultancy, has released findings from Wave 5 of its Mediabug research. It shows that VoD viewing is moving from

November 20, 2014By Nik Roseveare

90% will own mobile phone by 2020

The latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report, a comprehensive update on mobile trends leveraging big data from live networks worldwide, reveals that proliferation of mobile technology continues at a rapid pace: 90 per cent of the world’s population over six years old is predicted to have a mobile phone by 2020. Furthermore, by 2020 […]

November 18, 2014

Connected TV gains momentum in Spain

Specific online content and better Internet connections are driving the growth of connected TV in Spain, with a quarter of connected TV users saying they are watching less linear TV and over half of users turning to Smart TVs to access connected services. This is the main conclusion from a report by trade organisation IAB […]

November 17, 2014From David Del Valle in Madrid