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 […]
At least 21 per cent of US households (approximately 27 million) have either an Internet-ready TV, game console, standalone Blu-ray player, and/or smart set-top box connected to their home network, according to findings in the study – Connected Home Devices Market Data – from ABI Research. Of these four device categories, the game console is […]
Brazil is proving to be one of the fastest-growing pay-TV markets anywhere. For example, a Vivendi-backed newcomer, GVT, which transmits a hybrid service on DTH and via IPTV, and which only launched in October last year, has now added 95,000 subs since Jan 1st, and is adding subscribers at a rate of 45,000 a month. […]
The global Connected flat-panel TV (FPTV) market will increase to 91 million units in 2012, according to the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices service report – Global Flat-panel TV and Connected TV Forecast 2012. By the end of 2011, nearly 100 million households worldwide owned at least one Connected FPTV, 6 per cent of global […]