The UK’s BARB (Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board) has awarded media intelligence firm Kantar Media the Dovetail Fusion Contract. Kantar Media already collects and reports census data for online TV viewing in the UK across all devices through the BARB TV Player Report. Dovetail Fusion will turn this device data into the people data that the […]
In a research project, Ericsson and Vodafone Germany used neuroscience to understand what mobile broadband subscribers really think about poor network performance. Electroencephalography (EEG) equipment was used to monitor the brain activity of 150 subscribers who had
By 2019, half of all Internet users will be playing games digitally at least once a month, according to eMarketer’s first ever UK online gaming forecast. Online gaming penetration, which includes mobile, social and online console gaming, will reach 48.6 per cent of internet users in 2017, equating to 26.4 million people. The surge in […]
A study from Juniper Research has found that revenues from the global digital games market are set to reach the $100 billion (€94.7bn) milestone by the end of this year. Juniper’s report found that, contrary to
Qantas customers on WiFi enabled domestic flights will be able to watch their favourite shows, avoid missing out on live sport and listen to almost any song they like, with Foxtel, Netflix and Spotify coming on board to provide content in 2017. With speeds up to 10 times faster than conventional inflight WiFi, Qantas will […]
Airwavz.tv has launched Quarterback case in the US – a device which turns smartphones and tablets into portable televisions by enabling them to play free broadcast programming. An antenna built into the case receives HD TV signals directly from broadcast towers without needing Wi-Fi or cellular coverage. “While the television spectrum is plentiful, it is […]
Orange Belgium has launched its ‘LOVE’ package to support its convergent positioning. LOVE allows Orange customers to access what is essential to them by offering them flexible combinations of mobile, internet and TV. This convergent umbrella with the message “all you need is LOVE” offers customers the flexibility choose the number of SIM cards and […]
In its latest UK social network usage forecast, eMarketer expects digital video viewing from the under 4s to help drive up Internet usage this year. It also expects Facebook and Twitter usage to increase. Report highlights include: Internet Usage eMarketer has increased its estimate for Internet usage, in 2017 54.4 million people, or 82 per […]
With Andrus Ansip, EC Vice-President in charge of the Digital Single Market, describing it as “a new important step” in breaking down barriers in the Digital Single Market, Europeans will soon be able fully to use their online subscriptions to films, sports events, e-books, video games or music services when travelling within the EU, following […]
By 2021, more members of the global population will be using mobile phones (5.5 billion) than bank accounts (5.4 billion), running water (5.3 billion), or landlines (2.9 billion), according to the 11th annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast (2016 to 2021). Strong growth in mobile users, smartphones and Internet of Things (IoT) […]