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Consumer Behaviour

Research: Mobile video taking off in Europe

comScore, a specialist in measuring the digital world, has released data from its comScore MobiLens service showing that the number of people viewing video on mobile devices has increased 66 per cent in the past year to 12.1 million mobile consumers across the EU5 countries (UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy). The UK and Italy […]

September 29, 2010

Research: ‘Event TV’ drives social nets

With the rise of ‘event TV’ such as X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing and sporting events, more and more Brits are using social networks and instant messaging to chat to friends as the events unfold. Research from Intel has found that almost half of (45 per cent) Brits have admitted to using sites such as […]

September 29, 2010

Global IPTV subs surpass 38.5m

The number of global IPTV subscribers has increased by more than 2.3 million in the second quarter of 2010 to pass 38.5 million by the end of June, according to research by broadband research firm Point Topic. The research states that the growth is in line with broadband growth, so the proportion of the world’s […]

September 28, 2010

Facebook dominates new media landscape

Interpret, an entertainment, media and technology market research firm, has released data from its quarterly New Media Measure study that tracks media behaviours, device ownership, attitudes and product consumption.  Behaviour and trending data from its 2010 second-quarter report reveals the preference for streaming over downloading video and the growth of Facebook within the social media […]

September 23, 2010

Over 25% of UK homes have completed switchover

More than a quarter of UK homes are in areas that have completed the switchover from analogue to digital TV.  Figures show that around 6.92 million – or 26 per cent of homes – have now completed the switchover process. Earlier this year Wales became the UK’s first digital TV nation when the analogue signal […]

September 22, 2010

37% of younger Netflix users cutting cord

Netflix subscribers aged 25 to 34 have cancelled their pay-TV services in favor of Netflix’s streaming service, according to a survey of about 250 subscribers conducted by Credit Suisse. Another nearly 30 per cent of 18-24 year-olds said they are opting for Netflix over cable. The company recently debuted applications that allow the video streaming […]

September 20, 2010

Consumers remain confused by subscription HDTV

According to a Populus poll commissioned by TVonics, confusion still reigns over in the UK whether or not its necessary to pay a subscription based service in order to watch and record HD TV. When asked “What monthly subscription charge do you need to pay in order to watch and record HDTV channels like BBC […]

September 16, 2010

UK viewers take control of when they watch

Research released by Rovi Corporation to better understand TV consumption in the UK has found that viewers have shifted their TV watching behaviour, based on the introduction of entertainment technologies, such as on demand TV or ‘series record TV’, resulting in the emergence of a new TV culture.  The survey results report that nearly 70 […]

September 9, 2010

UK consumers ‘unlikely to buy 3D TV’

UK consumers ‘unlikely to buy 3D TV’   Just two per cent of UK consumers are planning on purchasing a 3D television over the next 12 months, according to research by Deloitte. Those aged between 25 and 34 were the most likely to say they were planning to buy a set, with five per cent […]

August 26, 2010

PC video consumption increasing

More US households are watching online video and on a wider variety of devices now than two years ago, but they are not sacrificing their TV viewing to do so, according to international research firm Parks Associates. The firm’s study – Digital Media Evolution II – found 40% of all US broadband homes now regularly […]

August 24, 2010