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Consumer Behaviour

LG research: “OLED TV holds 25% more attention”

LG Electronics has revealed the results of an experiment in collaboration with Realeyes – the emotion AI company – to analyse the physical and emotional responses to its 2019 OLED TV versus its 2013 LED TV, the latter representing the most common type of TV in homes across the UK. To inform the experiment, LG […]

August 14, 2019

Survey: Australians need convincing of 5G

Research from Roy Morgan shows that the vast majority of Australians (91.4 per cent) are aware of 5G technology and a majority of 56.7 per cent ‘would consider using 5G as an alternative to the NBN’. However, fewer than half (46.9 per cent) ‘would seriously consider buying a 5G phone’. Roy Morgan interviewed a cross-section […]

August 13, 2019

Ofcom: Half UK homes SVoD subs

Around half of UK homes now subscribe to TV streaming services, according to Ofcom’s Media Nations 2019 report that reveals major shifts in the nation’s viewing habits. The number of UK households signed up to the most popular streaming platforms – Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, NOW TV and Disney Life – increased from 11.2 million […]

August 7, 2019

Conviva: OTT viewing up 130% YoY

Conviva’s Q2 2019 State of Streaming report reveals new insights into industry shifts and viewer behaviour, as well as further exploration into trends highlighted in previous reports. Streaming recorded triple-digit increases in year-over-year

August 7, 2019

Personalised ‘Instagramification’ documentary from BBC

Following the success of BBC Click’s personalised, interactive episode, the Corporation’s R&D team is continuing to explore object-based formats powered by its StoryKit tool. For its latest project, it commissioned independent production company Spirit to produce Instagramifaction, a documentary about the good, the bad and the ugly of the world’s fastest-growing social network. Following research […]

August 6, 2019By Colin Mann

Survey: 2.4m more women’s football fans after World Cup

The UK’s fascination with this summer’s Women’s World Cup has helped create an extra 2.4 million fans of women’s football since the tournament began. MediaCom, in association with talkSPORT, who surveyed 2,000 consumers across the UK before and after the tournament, found that half (50 per cent) of this year’s viewers hadn’t watched the 2015 […]

August 5, 2019

Research: Smart speakers boost digital listening to record high

Digital listening share has increased to 56 per cent, up from 50.2 per cent in Q2 2018, boosted by the growing popularity of smart speakers and listening online and via apps, according to RAJAR Q2 2019 data. Across all platforms, digital listening grew by 58.9 million hours or 11.6 per cent year on year. Listening […]

August 1, 2019

Survey: Streaming reliablity and security still concern

UK and global consumers overwhelmingly agree that online digital technology has positively impacted their lives according to the State of Digital Lifestyles research report from Limelight Networks, a provider of edge cloud services. The survey of consumers in nine countries shows digital device adoption is on the rise, but performance frustrations and security concerns remain. […]

July 31, 2019

Survey: US Millennials “deeply concerned” about online privacy

The Internet Innovation Alliance (IIA) has released a survey showing that Millennial Americans – like older generations – are concerned about the privacy of their online personal information and whether online technology and social media companies are taking the appropriate steps to safeguard the personal information of consumers. As revealed by the survey, three-quarters

July 31, 2019