Research from Parks Associates – OTT Video Services: Purchasing and Perceived Value – finds 58 per cent of US broadband households who trial an OTT video subscription service convert to paying subscribers, with the conversion rate from free trial to paying subscriber being higher among consumers who trial multiple services. “Some OTT providers have expressed […]
UK households are increasingly adopting the smart home experience, according to the third report from EY’s annual digital home survey of 2,500 UK consumers. The report, which focuses on the connected home, finds that nearly a quarter (22 per cent) of households currently own a voice-controlled digital home assistant, double the figure from 2017 (11 […]
Video game revenues saw record increases last year, with digital purchases now accounting for 50 per cent of all sales in the UK, according to the latest annual report from the Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (Ukie). The total UK consumer spend last year increased by 10 per cent to £5.7 billion (€66.5bn), including everything […]
According to a study of major US broadcasters, pay-TV operators, telcos and OTT service providers from pay-TV subscription, billing and customer relationship management (CRM) specialist Paywizard, none are currently making the most of their data to more effectively engage customers and prospects, and most are near the beginning of their analytics journey. Yet the research […]
8K TVs are set to achieve modest success over the next few years, according to research from Strategy Analytics’ Connected Home Devices service. The report will be published to coincide with this month’s NAB Show in Las Vegas, where 8K will be one of the dominant themes. Strategy Analytics’ consumer technology adoption models predict that […]
Cybercriminals are actively using new episodes of popular TV shows to distribute malware, research by cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has found. Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead and Arrow are the shows receiving the most attention from attackers. These and other findings are published in a report entitled Game of Threats: How cybercriminals use popular […]
With UK top flight club Tottenham Hotspur set to play for the first time at its new £1 billion stadium this evening, taking on Crystal Palace in the Premier League, communications and media software and services specialist Amdocs has revealed findings which suggest that 5G will transform the sports experience for fans in stadiums. According […]
Data from a study carried out by Northern Sky Research (NSR) forecasts that the cumulative value of airline and passenger activity in the ‘In Flight Communications’ and entertainment field will have be worth a massive $36 billion by 2028. Last year was not the best benchmark for growth as the industry suffered equipment and deployment […]
Consumer survey findings from IHS Markit reveal that 22 per cent of Internet users across four markets – the US, UK, Australia and India – use the available voice-command features to operate their TV and video devices, such as smart TVs and set-top boxes. The report – Voice Commands on Video Devices: Content Discovery and […]
Satellite operator SES says its latest annual Satellite Monitor survey of homes able to see its channels has grown by 4 million year-on-year to 355 million – and a global audience of more than 1 billion people. SES is transmitting more than 8100 channels (and 50 now in UHD). Some 2700 of those channels are […]