According to international research firm Parks Associates, 59 per cent of US broadband households want access to on-demand YouTube content through their pay-TV service, with the growing number of smart TVs and connected devices driving interest in online video options. Parks Associates reports over 80 per cent of viewers interested in YouTube opt for a […]
Juniper Research finds that the revenues from mobile adult subscriptions will reach nearly $1 billion by 2015. This growth will be fuelled by rises in the smartphone and tablet user bases alongside an increase in the average spend per user despite increasing competition from free content. A dramatic rise in the tablet user base will […]
Spanish TV market is increasingly fragmented as a result of the highly saturated TV market with many TV channels hardly reaching a 1 per cent audience rating. In April, TV fragmentation reached its peak with traditional TV channels Tele 5 and state-owned La 1 leading the ratings with only 13 per cent each. Combined, the […]
For the first time in years, Nielsen is reporting a slight decline in overall TV viewing in the US. In the last three months of 2011, the average American with a TV set at home spent 153 hours and 19 minutes each watching “traditional TV” — viewed on a television rather than a device like […]
Some 25 per cent of the TV sets shipped globally in 2011 were Internet-connected, a figure forecast to approach 70 per cent of total TV shipments during 2016, resulting in more than $117 billion in revenues, according to a new report by IMS Research. “Internet connectivity is becoming a standard on high-end TV sets, and […]
According to broadband analyst firm Point Topic, global IPTV subscriptions closed in on 60 million at the end of 2011, with the last yearly quarter witnessing the biggest three-month increase in subscribers yet. “The year end is often the strong quarter but in combination with the global recovery in consumer spending and the will and […]
The global TV games console market will drop by 19 per cent in 2012, according to research from the Strategy Analytics. The report projects a decline in global Xbox 360 sales 13.8 million units in 2012; and PS3 sales will also fall, to 13 million units. Nintendo is fully focused on preparing for the upcoming […]
Findings from the US’s Digital Entertainment Group’s First Quarter 2012 Home Entertainment Report indicate a continued stabilisation of the industry, underscored by promising gains in Blu-ray Disc, with steady increases in electronic sell-through (EST) and VoD spending, and modest growth in sell-through. Overall consumer spending was up 2.5 per cent compared to the first quarter […]
Most people in Britain with a connected TV actually lead a very disconnected TV existence, reveals newly released insight from Kantar Media’s futurePROOF study of consumer take up and usage of digital devices and media. As a platform, connected TV is now well established, but Kantar Media’s research highlights that fewer than one in five […]
A YouGov survey of the nation’s TV habits reveals that only one third (37 per cent) of Britons planning to buy a Smart TV said that connecting to the Internet through it – the ‘smart’ part of a Smart TV – was a factor in buying one. The most common reason for intending to buy […]