Advanced Television

Consumer Behaviour

China: Over 30bn online videos seen a month

A comScore report has found that 87.2 per cent of China’s 347 million Internet users are watching online video at home or work, with some 30.9 billion videos being watched a month. The Chinese audience is the number two consumer of videos globally behind the US, where there are 61.7 billion video views a month, […]

November 4, 2013

Live streaming popularity drives encoding demand

According to a report from The Diffusion Group (TDG), operators looking to exploit consumer interest in live linear streaming of TV content should pay particular attention to encoding solutions when building out their delivery systems. Live Linear Encoding, notes that, despite consumer interest, live linear streaming remains in its infancy, subject to a wide variety […]

November 1, 2013

Canada: Choice and convenience key to pay-TV

Canadians aren’t cancelling their cable subscriptions, but convenience, choice and a customisable experience are of the utmost importance, says a PwC report. According to the report, it’s not the cords that are the issue for consumers – cable subscriptions are still dominant in the media landscape, and people are still willing to pay for the […]

October 31, 2013

65% prefer long form content on mobile

Vuclip, the independent mobile video and media company, has released its third quarter 2013 Global Video Insights. The report shines a spotlight on consumer habits and preferences when it comes to viewing mobile video and the latest trend has emerged. Globally, even in areas where fast network speeds are unavailable, people are showing a high […]

October 30, 2013

Early adopters give UV thumbs up

According to global information company The NPD Group, digital content ecosystem UltraViolet (UV), is having a positive impact on early adopters and meeting several of the initial objectives of the companies who partnered with the service. In terms of satisfaction with UltraViolet, 82 per cent of users reported they were very or somewhat satisfied with […]

October 30, 2013By Colin Mann

beIN Sport tops Nielsen SocialGuide chart

beIN Sport, the international sports network, posted the top rated US programme in Nielsen SocialGuide’s Twitter TV Rankings based on Total Tweets for October 26th 2013. beIN SPORT captured the top spot with El Clásico, the football match pitting bitter rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid. In a weekend filled with top sports events, it was […]

October 30, 2013

Awareness boosts Smart TV purchase intention

According to the results of a new survey conducted by the TV Systems Intelligence Service at research firm IHS, the bad news for the television market is that nearly three-quarters of US consumers are not interested in buying a Smart TV during the next 12 months. The good news is

October 28, 2013

Youngsters’ mobile media use triples

A survey of children’s media use in America by kids and family education body Common Sense Media has recorded a dramatic increase in children’s access to mobile media devices in just two years. Among families with children eight and under, there has been a five-fold increase in ownership of tablets (from 8 per cent to […]

October 28, 2013

Canadians talk future TV

Canada’s broadcasting and communications regulator the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has launched Let’s Talk TV: A Conversation with Canadians, a discussion about the future of Canada’s television system. “Canadians have an unprecedented choice of television programs that includes the best of what Canada, and the world, has to offer,” said Jean-Pierre Blais, Chairman […]

October 25, 2013

iPlayer app hits 20m downloads

The BBC has revealed that its iPlayer app for iOS and Android mobile devices has been downloaded over 20 million times in total, as mobile and tablet TV viewing overtakes TV viewing on PC. Christmas Day 2011 and 2012 marked the top days for app downloads, with 229,200 and 385,600 downloads respectively, when many smartphones […]

October 24, 2013