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Linear TV lives on

New figures released by Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK, suggest that despite the advent of time-shifted TV, the vast majority of TV viewing is to live TV, with the amount of time spent watching linear commercial TV channels in the UK during January to June 2011 increasing to a new […]

August 15, 2011By Colin Mann

Transponder market will get tough

Euroconsult, the international research and analyst firm specialising in the satellite and digital broadcasting sectors, has revealed that the market reached new revenue highs once again. According to Euroconsult’s report “Satellite Communications & Broadcasting Markets Survey, Forecasts to 2020,” the fixed satellite sector grew both in terms of transponder demand (+4.4 per cent) and revenue, […]

August 12, 2011

Emerging markets will be 45% of all STBs shipped to 2015

The share of STBs shipped to emerging digital TV markets such as China, India, Russia and Latin America is forecast to account for more than 45 per cent of global STB shipments between 2011 and 2015, according to IMS Research. Shipments of STBs in Russia, India, China, and Latin America jumped more than 65 per […]

August 11, 2011

Shipments of connected devices to exceed PCs in 2013

Shipments of Internet-enabled consumer electronics devices will exceed those of the PC for the first time in 2013, according to IHS iSuppli. Shipments of Internet-enabled consumer electronics devices, a category including a wide range of products from televisions to video game consoles, to Blu-ray players will surge to 503.6 million units in 2013, up from […]

August 10, 2011

Good growth for multi-screen services

MRG reports that the global IPTV market will grow to $49 billion in service revenues and 113 million subscribers in 2015 as multi-screen video usage drives wireless services to new highs. Systems revenue for the seven key CapEx IPTV products analysed will grow to $4.8 billion in 2015, with STBs (set-top boxes) representing about 60 […]

August 10, 2011

UK quad play homes will treble by 2016

Slightly fewer than half of UK households today are “multiplay,” meaning that they take more than one entertainment or communication service from the same provider. A new report by analyst firm Strategy Analytics says that this number will grow to 67 per cent by 2016. While most bundles today are “double play,” comprising two services, […]

August 10, 2011

Asian TV buyers still active

Southeast Asia TV set buyers helped boost sales of LCD displays by almost 30  per cent says market research specialists GfK.  The TV market in Southeast Asia expanded in the first six months of 2011 compared to the same period last year, with consumers in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam having spent over […]

August 10, 2011By Chris Forrester

66% of 3DTV owners watch 3D once a week

Watching television shows in 3D has become a regular activity for the majority of 3DTV owners, according to report by the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices service. According to the report, two-thirds of 3DTV owners across the US and Europe are watching at least one show in 3D on a weekly basis. Forty-one per cent […]

August 10, 2011

TV shipments to thrive in emerging markets

Emerging markets will experience TV set shipment growth through 2015, which will offset a weakening TV market in developed regions. Global market research firm IMS Research has updated its Television Shipment Database and Forecast with new information regarding TV set shipments split by technology, screen size, and feature in addition to TV households split by […]

August 9, 2011

OTT and on-demand change the face of pay-TV

The personal entertainment experience has embarked on a significant shift now that on-demand delivery of video is widely available worldwide and to an increasing number of connected devices, according to  IMS Research. The research firm forecasts that in 2016, over-the-top (OTT) video services will generate $16.4 billion in 2016 and video-on-demand (VOD) services from pay-TV […]

August 8, 2011