According to the research from Informa Telecoms & Media, awareness of Smart TVs remains low as UK retailers fail to educate consumers of their benefits and provide even the most basic information regarding connected-TV features. Informa estimates that 35 per cent of all TVs sold this year will be “smart”, however, this is a result […]
The worldwide pay-TV market will continue to grow to generate service revenues of $236 billion by the end of next year according to ABI Research. Cable TV operators continue to face increasing competition from IPTV and OTT services. Increasing broadband penetration and the growing number of people using Internet-connected devices are supporting subscriber growth in […]
Global TV advertising grew by 3.5 per cent in 2011 to $154 billion, despite the Eurozone crisis (which hit Spain, Greece, Ireland and many Eastern European territories the hardest), natural disasters (Japan, Thailand, the Philippines and Turkey) and the Arab Spring revolts. In contrast, economic booms in Latin America and Asia Pacific led to significant […]
One in five US broadband households intends to purchase a new flat-panel TV before the end of 2011, making it the most popular CE product this holiday season, according to new consumer research from Parks Associates. Among households intending to purchase a flat-panel TV, 73 per cent plan to select a set with advanced features […]
IMS claims that a high watermark has been reached for the worldwide digital terrestrial TV (DTT). The analyst predicts that worldwide DTT set-top box shipments will peak in 2012 at 20.5 million. It reckons 25 per cent of the STBs in 2012 will be shipped into Western European countries that have switch-off by the European […]
Break Media, a creator and publisher of digital video content, has published the findings of its annual Digital Video Advertising Trends study, which found that digital video advertising spending is up and expected to continue to increase throughout 2012. In addition to organic growth of budgets, the increase is projected to come from a number […]
According to The NPD Group, even with the increasing number of iVOD-capable devices the vast majority of these devices were not used to rent iVOD movies. Only 5 per cent of the 134 million US consumers who own iVOD-capable devices used them to do so. Even among owners of dedicated streaming media devices, only 14 […]
Increasingly, people are using their Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii consoles to stream movies and TV shows, according to a survey released by the Nielsen Co. Because all three consoles readily connect to the Internet, viewers can use them to access VoD services like Netflix, Hulu Plus, YouTube and ESPN to watch on their […]
British consumers are gaining an appetite for superfast broadband services, says analyst firm, Point Topic. Research reveals that the UK broadband market has shrugged off talk of a double-dip recession, to deliver its best third quarter since 2008. The UK market added a net 289,000 broadband lines during the third quarter of 2011, markedly better […]
Although one in ten (10 per cent) of UK homes already own a Smart TV, only a further four per cent intend to purchase one at some point in the next 12 months, according to YouGov research. Over one half (52 per cent) say they definitely won’t purchase a Smart TV, while one quarter (25 […]