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Cable sets European broadband pace

Research released in advance of the European cable industry’s annual Congress points to increased digital leadership by cable. Cable Europe, the sector’s trade body, suggests that the European Union’s goal of a digital future for all is well on its way to becoming realised, with Europe’s cable industry already today having made fast Internet available […]

February 11, 2011

Research: APAC to lead STB growth

The Asia-Pacific region will lead worldwide set-top box market growth for the next five years, according to data from ABI Research. Asia-Pacific’s share of the market will approach 50 per cent of all set-top boxes sold worldwide in 2013-2015 before declining slightly. “This trend towards Asia-Pacific STB uptake is driven by the completion of digital […]

February 10, 2011

Market value for video transmission services over satellite to reach $27bn by 2020

In its recently released report, Euroconsult, the international  consulting and analyst firm in the satellite sector, forecasts that the market value for video  transmission services over satellite including video distribution services for TV channels and  contribution services for permanent and occasional use is expected to reach $27 billion in 2020, up  from $15.8 billion in […]

February 10, 2011

DTH will grow to a $20bn market

Research specialist Euroconsult, in its latest study, says the market value for video transmission services over satellite, including video distribution services for TV channels and contribution services for permanent and occasional use is expected to reach $27 billion in 2020, up from $15.8 billion in 2010. “The anticipated revenue growth for video transmission services in […]

February 9, 2011By Chris Forrester

IPTV defies recession

Flouting the recession, the world IPTV market posted encouraging growth according to Global Industry Analysts. Value of IPTV subscriptions and volume of subscribers continued to grow during the period 2007 through 2010. These gains translated into growth in the IPTV systems market with sales of Set-Top Boxes, Access Systems, Video Headend Equipment, and Middleware. Reduction […]

February 8, 2011

Research: Apple tops online movies, Wal-Mart to challenge

Apple’s iTunes store fought off intensified competition from a growing number of rivals to maintain its dominance in the US market for movie electronic sell through (EST) and Internet video on demand (iVOD), according to findings from IHS Screen Digest. The Apple iTunes online digital media store accounted for more than two thirds of US […]

February 8, 2011

Super Bowl highest ever TV audience

The 2011 Super Bowl broke US TV ratings records for the second year running on Sunday, with the climax of the American football season watched by an average of 111 million viewers on the Fox network. Sunday’s 45th Super Bowl beat last year’s CBS record audience by 4.5 million. Advertisers paid a record $3 million […]

February 8, 2011

Research: US DTH growth slows

North American satellite pay-TV providers have not been adding subscribers at the same rate as previous years, according to In-Stat.  Competition has been fierce from cable and telco providers offering bundled services and gains in subscribers as a result of being the video portion of telco triple play offers, have mostly run their course.  In […]

February 4, 2011

Research: TV Industry embraces the Internet

In a media environment saturated with new and evolving online entertainment platforms, TV continues to be king. Deloitte’s fifth edition “State of the Media Democracy” survey reveals that 71 per cent of Americans still rate watching TV on any device among their favourite media activities. The survey results indicate that live viewing on a home […]

February 2, 2011

Research: 26-fold global mobile data traffic increase by 2015

According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2010 to 2015, worldwide mobile data traffic will increase 26-fold during this time period, reaching 6.3 exabytes per month or an annual run rate of 75 exabytes by 2015 as a result of a projected surge in mobile Internet-enabled devices delivering […]

February 1, 2011