Multimedia Research Group (MRG) has released its latest forecast on the worldwide set-top box market, revealing that 2012 will see a record high for global STB shipments. Demand for digital STB products is rising, particularly in Asia, Latin America, and a number of countries in Europe. Mike Paxton, Senior Analyst at MRG explains “The expansion […]
Against the trend of US cable pay TV providers Verizon’s director of consumer video services Maitreyi Krishnaswamy, who is responsible for the company’s FIOS TV service, told The Tampa Tribune “[the cord cutting trend] is not stopping. It’s growing. The question is: Is it growing enough for us?” Most traditional TV services vendors would rather […]
Canada’s pay-TV market is expected to reach the saturation point this year, compelling the country’s cable, satellite and IPTV operators to seek new growth opportunities, according to IHS Screen Digest. After years of steady expansion, penetration of pay-TV subscriptions among Canadian television households is set to reach an all-time high of 92 per cent in […]
Pay TV subscriptions for the 95 operators across 25 countries will increase from a collective 96.2 million in 2007 to 140.9 million by 2017. Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV Research, said: “Despite losing TV subscribers, UPC/Liberty Global will remain Europe’s largest pay TV operation by some distance. Germany’s Unitymedia will lead the way […]
The Italian TV advertising market was worth €2.27 billion at the end of H1 2012, down 9.5 per cent on the same period in 2011, according to figures published by Nielsen Media Research. The most significant trend is that leading broadcasters Mediaset and RAI have lost market share in favour of pay-TV group Sky Italia […]
SES has revealed that satellite TV continued to increase its reach in Germany after the digital switch-over in April. In the first half of 2012, satellite TV gained 100,000 households to reach 17.6 million. Cable TV reception declined further, to 17 million households in the first half of 2012 (December 2011: 17.3 million). By contrast, […]
People in markets such as China, Brazil and India use the opportunities offered by web-connected television more than those in the UK, US and Germany. This is according to research carried out across thirteen countries by GfK, the consumer research experts. A study by consumer research experts GfK found that western consumers are stuck in […]
Mexicans seemingly love the digital quality and choice that pay-TV offers. According to the latest stats from Mexico’s Federal Telecoms Commission, DTH subscribers grew 25 per cent in the quarter year to June 30th. There are now some 6.3 million subscribers viewing DTH pay-TV. As to individual operators DTH broadcaster Sky Mexico (backed by Televisa/DirecTV) […]
Turnkey managed video platforms (MVPs) will grow faster than well-known content delivery networks (CDNs), such as Akamai and Limelight, and online video platforms (OVPs), such as Brightcove and Ooyala, accoridng to ABI Research. Synacor, MobiTV, and QuickPlay lead the MVP pack, and each has its own focus. Synacor monetises cable and telco websites with video, […]
New media specialist Vidiator has released a report on the mobile video opportunity in South East Asia. The report finds that while the market and mobile users are ready for mobile video, (supported by research from Vidiator which found that 75 per cent in Malaysia and 88 per cent in India have already or would […]