The global market for mobile TV chipset solutions is likely to contract 20-30 per cent in 2009 due mainly to declining demand from the PC and automotive segments, according to Yannick Levy, CEO of DiBcom. To cope with slack demand and varied standards in different markets, DiBcom and other solution vendors such as Siano Mobile […]
Dell'Oro Group research has reported that the number of DVR-equipped pay-TV set-top box unit shipments contracted 20 per cent year-over-year in the first quarter this year and accounted for one-third of the total set-top box shipped during the quarter. This contraction in the first quarter may be attributed to several factors. "First, the economy is […]
US viewers are looking for laughs on their iPhones and Blackberrys, according to a study from the Nielsen. Comedy is the top category in mobile video viewing, says the Mobile Video Report, a quarterly study that measures mobile subscribers who view TV or video clips on their mobile phones, Blackberrys and other mobile devices. Drawing […]
The current fragmented approach to 3DTV is harming the progress of the format, according to the Digital TV Group. Members consulted said they feared that proprietary non-open standards would emerge from technology decisions being made by the first providers, most likely pay-TV operators, which would impact on later free-to-air broadcasts. "Members have expressed their concerns […]
Advertising budgets for mobile channels are expected to buck the downward trend and exhibit strong growth over the next five years, according to a report from Juniper Research. The report found that constraints on budgets, imposed in the wake of the global economic downturn, had resulted in an increasing migration of adspend from above the […]
Research conducted by The Nielsen Company reveals the “extreme techies” subscriber segment stream significantly more online video content, watching up to 91 minutes (1.5 hours) per week, compared to the mean of 44 minutes for all broadband viewers. Representing eight per cent of the total adult 18 and older broadband population, which equals 4.6 million […]
Research from Informa says that digital TV will make significant progress in Latin America over the next five years. Digital TV households will more than treble in that time – from 12.2 million at present to 37.1 million by 2014. Brazil and Mexico now combine to account for half of the region's digital subscribers, but […]
The Digital Watermarking Alliance (DWA) has released key findings from a commissioned survey on piracy deterrence. The study, conducted by Interpret, aimed to determine whether the inclusion of Digital Serial Numbers (DSNs) in online content would deter illegal file sharing. The results showed that DSNs would deter illegal downloading among 33 per cent of the […]
To retain customers, service providers must provide a satisfactory quality of digital video QoE for users, says Light Reading. As demand for rich media and TV content continues to grow among consumers, the delivery of digital video at an acceptable quality of experience (QoE) for the user becomes ever more important to service providers, content […]
The US Consumer Electronics Association released a study finding that the average U.S. household spent $1,229 on consumer electronics in the past year, a drop of $176 from the same period last year. According to the survey, “the 11th Annual Household CE Ownership and Market Potential Study,” men spent an average of $902 while women […]