Consumer research findings from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicate that 81 per cent of US households get a broadband Internet service at home, an increase from 26 per cent in 2005. Broadband now accounts for 97 per cent of all households with Internet service at home — an increase from 91 per cent in 2010, […]
Findings from Parks Associates indicate that by mid-2015, more Samsung 4K TV sets were sold in the US than any other brand. Samsung accounted for 28 per cent of 4K TV purchases made within the last 12 months to US broadband households. Best Buy was the leading retailer, capturing more than 40 per cent of […]
Digitalsmiths, a TiVo company and a specialist in personalised content discovery technology has released the 12th edition of its quarterly Video Trends Report covering key topics across pay-TV, VoD, PPV, OTT, TV Everywhere, connected devices, and content discovery. Digitalsmiths’ surveys seek real consumer opinions to
The enterprise content management (ECM) landscape has entered a period of rapid evolution, according to global analyst firm Ovum. Large vendors are now breaking down their huge product portfolios into smaller, more manageable solutions, using a best-of-breed approach. However, the factors shaping the ECM market for 2016 are content analytics, the security of content, and […]
A report from the Media and Services UX (MSX) group at Strategy Analytics has investigated consumer awareness and interest in, and drivers and barriers to adoption of, specific use case scenarios for the Internet of Things (IoT) consumer sector. While consumer awareness is currently low, interest is high particularly in solutions that help to solve […]
Nearly one out of every six homes in the Netherlands had a subscription to Netflix in the third quarter, according to research conducted by Telecompaper. This equates into 1.2 million homes and, up from the 1.1 million recorded in the second quarter (which was roughly 1 in 7 homes). About 43% of the subscriptions are […]
The growing number of smart homes is an emerging trend in the digital video recorder (DVR) market. In developed nations such as the US and the UK, many homes are upgrading into smart homes. A smart home connects CE devices, media and entertainment gadgets, and other smart electronics together into an interactive home network. DVRs […]
Competition for control of the living room between Apple, Roku, Google and Amazon is intensifying as each brand looks to establish an advantage over the other through the launch of new innovative device hardware and software. If success is measured on device popularity alone then Google is winning the race according to a Strategy Analytics […]
Global LCD TV shipments for 2015 will total 216 million sets, according to forecast by WitsView, a division of TrendForce. This year’s shipments will represent a slight annual decline, for the first time since the shipment slide in 2013. In the short term,
Consumer confidence toward technology spending and the overall economy both increased in November, according to the data released by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The CTA Index of Consumer Technology Expectations (ICTE), which measures consumer expectations about technology spending, jumped 8.8 points to 92.1 in November, a bigger leap […]