Insights from GfK’s MultiMedia Mentor show that teenagers’ Internet use is growing faster than that of any other key age group, abetted by a variety of devices – smartphones, tablets, videogame consoles, and connected TVs. Time spent online by teens (ages 13 to 17) rose 37 per cent, to just over 4 hours per day, […]
According to data released by research firm The Diffusion Group, nearly nine in ten adult broadband users in the US subscribe to an incumbent pay-TV service such as cable, satellite, or IPTV. The use of such services is greatest among adults 35 and older and less among younger adults. “The notion that we’re on the […]
Decipher’s latest VOD Audit report reveals that Apple’s iTunes service comprehensively trounces the competition by offering a total of 65,063 video assets, 193 per cent larger than the next largest service Xbox Video, and 275 per cent larger than
Australians with a tablet computer in the household are more likely to shop online and browse the Internet while watching TV, according to the results from the Roy Morgan Retail Monitor show. While 1 in 2 Australians aged 14 and over now buys something over the Internet at least every three months, this rises to […]
A Harris Poll finds that while roughly two-thirds (68 per cent) of US adults went to the movies at least once in 2013, just about the same per cent (66 per cent) say they’re going to the movies less often now than a few years ago. Americans report going to
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE||Content First) have released the findings of the first part of a joint research study analysing how and why consumers use Second Screen devices to engage with video content. The findings,
Findings released at International CES by TiVo suggest that streaming to mobile devices among its subscriber base is on the rise and driving longer periods of engagement on second screens, an increase directly related to the launch of TiVo Roamio in August of 2013, with recorded shows leading the way as the streaming content of […]
As attendees get a glimpse of the Consumer Electronics industry’s future at International CES, research from Gallup suggests that the devices Americans own have changed over the past decade, with ownership of laptops (64 per cent) and iPods/MP3 players (45 per cent) up most dramatically from 2005. Compared with 2005, fewer Americans today have desktop […]
Research released at CES in Las Vegas by Irdeto exploring consumer television and video viewing preferences has revealed that 53 per cent of consumers believe that mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets will replace television sets in the next eight years as the most common way to consume entertainment. Of that group, 31 per […]
A study undertaken by BT TV examining Britain’s viewing habits has proved that it is a nation that cannot sit still. Eight in ten people are distracted by other forms of entertainment and everyday tasks such as responding to emails, reading, Internet shopping and online dating. Challenging some stereotypes around gender-related habits, more women (29 […]