Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its July Fixed-Mobile/CDN Routing Strategies and Router Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey, for which carriers with carrier Ethernet switches (CES) and IP edge routers were interviewed to assess their needs and analyse trends in the router and CES market. “The three-headed monster of video, mobility, and […]
Over 30 per cent of consumers in the US who plan to purchase a TV set in the next 12 months want an Internet-connected TV or Smart TV, according to a consumer survey from IMS Research. Internet connectivity is becoming more important to consumers in the US. Consumer metrics indicate that the Smart TV feature […]
Smart STBs often garner less attention than other connected CE devices like TVs and game consoles – Apple has referred to its Apple TV as a “hobby” although it leads the market with around 4 million units shipped through 2011. Roku has had recent success (e.g. passing 2.5 million units in 2011), but the future […]
Americans in major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and Washington DC are paying higher prices for slower Internet service when compared to similar cities in other parts of the world, according to a study released by the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation. The study compares high-speed Internet offerings in 22 […]
The global active base for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Receivers is projected to reach 2.4 billion units by 2018, driven by TV digitisation in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) countries, according to GIA research. Future growth in the demand for DTT Receivers will also be driven by the widespread adoption of digital TV standards […]
The TV crisis is intensifying in Spain with a drop of 16.4 per cent in advertising to €419.9 million in the first quarter of 2012. Public TV channels took the worst part of it with a fall of 30.55 per cent to €36.1 million against €51.9 million the same period last year. Prívate TV channels […]
A Harris Poll of 2,634 US adults reveals streaming video apps are the most popular apps for both Smart TV owners and consumers who don’t yet have a Smart TV. Three of the top five “must have” apps are Netflix (Owners 47 per cent/Non-owners 34 per cent), YouTube (Owners 44 per cent/Non-owners 31 per cent) […]
The UK TV ad sector is likely to be down by about 5 per cent in September, which could set the scene for total television ad spend to shrink across all 2012. Traditionally the third-biggest TV advertising month of the year, bringing in revenues close to £400 million (€494m) – is considered to be a […]
The growth rate of catch-up services is slowing down in the UK, according to Ofcom’s latest Communications Market Report. The number viewing TV on a PC-delivered catch-up service increased by just 3 per cent year-on-year to 29 per cent for the first quarter of 2012 as catch-up services become increasingly available via connected TV. The […]
The value created by imported feature films for European broadcasters was $4.318 billion in 2011 for 18,600 titles across 119 channels (nearly all of which are free-to-air) over the 21 territories covered in a new report. The Imported Feature Films on European TV report stated that the 2011 figure has not changed much over the […]