The number of U.S. consumers planning to purchase a smart TV has nearly doubled in less than a year, according to new consumer research from Parks Associates. The firm’s Consumer Decision Process: Summer Update reports more than 10% of broadband households plan to purchase a smart TV in the second half of 2011, up […]
As broadband subscriptions continue to grow in the EU, Point Topic has announced analysis on how many subscribers there will be and how many will take an IPTV service as well. According to the leading global broadband analyst firm, IPTV is set to treble by 2020. “We’re projecting just over 160 million broadband subscribers in […]
FTI Consulting has found in a new consumer survey that tablet users in the US are not only ardent consumers of digital content but also are more willing to pay for online subscriptions. These results suggest that well-formulated digital media strategies may offer new revenue prospects to traditional media. In a study, FTI Consulting compares […]
The Broadband and IPTV Growth Report presented at the Broadband World Forum in Paris has revealed that broadband continued to show healthy growth in the first half of 2011. Prepared for the Broadband Forum by industry analysts Point Topic, the figures reveal the broadband subscriber total at the end of June 2011 is now standing […]
A study by the Pew Research Centre and the Knight Foundation has found that TV continues to be the main news source, in the US but only by a small margin. Local newspapers, websites and radio stations play a key role as well. The survey found that TV is the main source for three popular […]
US consumers love 3DTV, according to a new study of the TV marketplace. Findings from research firm Frank N Magid Associates carried out on behalf of Panasonic during Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim last month, suggest that a vast majority of consumers believe that 3DTV significantly improves their television viewing experience. “We’ve always said that, […]
Only around one in five British cinemagoers feels 3D improves the cinema experience, a YouGov poll has found, while almost half felt it either made no difference to the experience, or even made it worse. Highlights of the poll include: – 22 per cent of British cinema goers feel that 3D cinema improves the cinema […]
In-Stat research forecasts that the number of Blu-ray player units shipped will reach 105 million in 2015. “DVD players and recorder shipments will decline over the next five years for most regions. By 2015, DVD recorders will be essentially phased out entirely, with only negligible shipments to Japan,” says Norm Bogen, VP Digital Entertainment. “Blu-ray […]
Latin America continues to pile on the pay-TV subscribers. Growth in the period to the end of end of June stood at some 1.62 million (up 3.8 per cent) when compared to the first quarter of the year. Throughout South America cable TV supply about 26.8 million subscribers, while satellite TV has 16.74 million subs. […]
The spike in demand for IPTV and broadband-based video service is a major factor spearheading growth in the world xDSL test equipment market. High bandwidth requirements for IPTV and customers’ higher expectations of service uptime are forcing service providers to purchase the latest test equipment and service monitoring tools. Analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds […]