Interest in and consumption of online media continues to grow and remain strong. While pay-TV operators have not yet seen a significant impact on their subscriber bases, early indicators suggest online media will eventually compete with pay-TV. An ABI Research consumer survey revealed that about 32 per cent of those surveyed are interested in watching […]
Keynote speakers at MIPCOM’s Industry Outlook panel have suggested that strategic flexibility will be a critical weapon as major media companies face the challenges created by digital transformation. According to Marcel Fenez, global leader, entertainment and media at PricewaterhouseCoopers, consumer behaviour in the digital era is starting to follow defined patterns. “What we are starting […]
According to figures released on by the UK Internet Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers, spending on Internet advertising increased by 10 per cent in the first half of the year, to £1.67 billion (E1.92bn). The growth rate has picked up from last year, when online spending rose 4.2 per cent, but has fallen behind that of […]
BT is launching a nationwide survey dubbed ‘Race to Infinity’ to see how much potential demand there is for optical fibre broadband. BT claims that this will identify “hot spots” where the demand for fibre is high. BT will have brought fibre broadband within reach of four million premises by the end of 2010, but […]
A report from user experience consultancy Webcredible says that the BBC iPlayer is leading major UK broadcasters in the VoD usability stakes with a score of 88 per cent, followed by Scottish broadcaster STV with its STV Player coming in second with 76 per cent Sky Player scored just 55 per cent, with admittedly a […]
According to a report by The NPD Group, there is a large and untapped market for devices that offer connected capabilities and the digital content played on those devices. NPD’s report reveals how US consumers are adopting connected devices and using digital content, as well as what motivates specific consumer groups to use connected devices […]
comScore, a specialist in measuring the digital world, has released data from its comScore MobiLens service showing that the number of people viewing video on mobile devices has increased 66 per cent in the past year to 12.1 million mobile consumers across the EU5 countries (UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy). The UK and Italy […]
With the rise of ‘event TV’ such as X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing and sporting events, more and more Brits are using social networks and instant messaging to chat to friends as the events unfold. Research from Intel has found that almost half of (45 per cent) Brits have admitted to using sites such as […]
The number of global IPTV subscribers has increased by more than 2.3 million in the second quarter of 2010 to pass 38.5 million by the end of June, according to research by broadband research firm Point Topic. The research states that the growth is in line with broadband growth, so the proportion of the world’s […]
For the first time in recent years the number of pay-TV subscriber households in the US has decreased, according to In-Stat. US pay-TV households, which consist of cable TV, IPTV, and satellite TV subscribers, saw a reduction of some 167,000 subscribers during 2Q of 2010. “There are several reasons behind the quarterly subscriber loss,” says […]