Barely a quarter of Russian Internet users are prepared to pay for online content, according to the findings of a survey conducted by Public Opinion Foundation. The survey, published to coincide with Russian Internet Week 2013 in Moscow, suggested that 25 per cent of respondents were ready to pay for watching or downloading movies. Twenty-two […]
Arthur D. Little has analysed current technological, market and regulatory trends in the German TV market and how they could impact the future German TV landscape. “One of the key developments in the German market is the move toward paid HD access,” states Lars Riegel, Manager at Arthur D. Little’s TIME and Strategy & Organisation […]
NBCUniversal leads the US TV Everywhere (TVE) effort in providing access to TV content on second screens like smartphones and tablets, while EPIX and HBO share the distinction of supporting TVE on more second-screen devices than any other premium or basic cable network, according to a new report from the TV Intelligence Service at IHS. […]
The number of TV sets connected to the Internet will reach 759 million by 2018 for 40 countries covered in the Connected TV Forecasts report from Research and Markets, up from 115 million at end-2010 and the 307 million expected at end-2013. This translates to 26.8 per cent of global TV sets by 2018, up […]
A new report from IHS Electronics & Media says that Ultra HD (4K) will be mainstream by the end of this decade. By 2020, the report’s author Tom Morrod says there will be 140 million TV homes watching at least one Ultra HD channel, and more than 50 million Ultra HD set-top boxes installed. Morrod says […]
MediaBug – Decipher’s bi-annual media consumption tracker – have tracked a sharp rise in subscriptions to SVoD services such as Netflix and Lovefilm this year, but reveal that this is not having a significant effect on ‘cord cutting and cord shaving’ amongst Pay-TV homes, with many consumers opting for both. Mediabug Wave 3 shows that […]
Global online TV and video revenues (over fixed broadband networks) will reach $34.99 billion in 2018, a massive increase from the $3.98 billion recorded in 2010 and the $15.94 billion expected in 2013, according to the Online TV and Video Forecasts report from Digital TV Research. By 2018, 520 million homes in 40 countries will […]
Akamai, a provider of cloud services for delivering, optimising and securing online content and business applications, has released its Second Quarter, 2013 State of the Internet Report. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the report provides insights into key global statistics such as network connectivity and connection speeds, attack traffic, and broadband […]
For the next half decade, connected television is primarily a complementary, incremental, platform for existing broadcasting and content owners, according to the findings of a recent report – Connected Television in the UK and Ireland – from consultancy firm Deadline Media TV. The report’s author,
Smart or connected TVs are the most important device for an operator’s future content revenue, according to trend research from Irdeto, the specialist in Media Protection, Multiscreen and Revenue Assurance solutions. The vox-pop research, conducted among broadcast industry professionals at IBC 2013, also confirmed that many in the industry see OTT entrants as the biggest […]