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Online, DVR and linear TV viewing all up in UK

According to an Ofcom report, over a quarter (27 per cent) of UK Internet users say they watch TV online every week, an increase of three percentage points from 2010 – and higher than any of the other 16 countries surveyed. The popularity of a wide variety of free-to-view catch-up TV services such as BBC […]

December 14, 2011

Broadband cable equipment market up 14%

Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its third quarter CMTS and Edge QAM Hardware and Subscribers market share and forecast report, which tracks cable broadband equipment and subscribers. “While the cable broadband equipment market experienced its normal seasonal slowness in the third quarter, the important data to note is the year-over-year growth: […]

December 14, 2011

HDMI-enabled product shipments to surpass 1bn

HDMI has become the interface solution of choice throughout the consumer electronic (CE) device market, particularly for wired CE devices. It is found in every digital television (DTV) shipping in 2011 and in nearly every HD set top box. As a result of this current and forecasted level of penetration, future growth will come from […]

December 14, 2011

Apple will be 32% of Connected TV market

Apple has emerged as the leading player in the rapidly growing connected TV player market, according to research from the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices service. According to the report – Connected TV Players: Another Battlefield in the Smart TV War – global sales of Connected TV players – also known as video streaming or […]

December 13, 2011

TV, mobile see gains in US viewing time

Despite an increasing fixation with all things digital – including online video viewing, leading to fears of ‘cord-cutting’ – US adults are still watching more and more traditional TV, whether it’s live or recorded on a DVR or DVD, eMarketer estimates. The average adult consumer spends 4 hours and 34 minutes each day watching TV […]

December 13, 2011

France: Connected TV due for take off

The French catch-up market will more than quadruple by 2015 says NPA Conseil. In “The Catch Up Market in France” the researcher says the market will be worth €300 million by 2015 across connected TVs tablets and mobile phones. Meanwhile a joint report from the ministries of culture and industry says thirty per cent of […]

December 12, 2011

Consumers demand seamless, pervasive connectivity

Semiconductor solutions specialist Broadcom has unveiled the results of a new consumer poll that demonstrates increased appetite for seamless and pervasive connections. The November 2011 poll of 1,025 consumers explored technology trends on the go, in the home, and on the road and revealed details of consumers’ desire for a more connected lifestyle. In response […]

December 12, 2011

India: Digitisation positive for cable TV

Fitch Ratings says that the introduction of mandatory cable television  digitisation in India would improve the business profile of multi-system operators (MSOs) over the medium- to long-term, driven by improved transparency through accurate reporting of subscriber base. This in turn will provide greater comfort to investors to provide capital to this sector. The greater transparency […]

December 12, 2011

87% of Irish now aware of DSO

The Irish Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte T.D. has released research which reveals that 87 per cent per cent of Irish people are now aware of the digital TV switchover and 35 per cent are aware that the analogue TV network will be officially switched off in October 2012. These encouraging […]

December 12, 2011

Global online video spend to hit $3.5bn in 2011

Global consumer spend on online video has exploded in 2011, according to the latest research – Global OTT Video Forecast: Q4 2011 – from Strategy Analytics. Global online video spend will soar to $3.5 billion in 2011. While transactional revenue growth is slowing in maturing territories, subscription revenues driven by specialists – such as Netflix […]

December 9, 2011