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World Cup propels 4K projector market

Although the first match day is just over a week away, the impact of the promotional sell-in activity surrounding the World Cup is already being felt in the projector market. According to the latest Worldwide Projector Market

June 5, 2018

Online giants rely on TV ads to grow business

Figures from around the world show the extent to which online businesses are now investing in TV advertising, in some countries becoming the biggest investors in TV. The figures compiled by The Global TV Group – the informal grouping of TV broadcasters’ and sales houses’ trade bodies in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and Latin […]

June 4, 2018

US teens leaving Facebook for YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat

Until recently, Facebook had dominated the social media landscape among America’s youth – but it is no longer the most popular online platform among teens, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Today, roughly half (51 per cent) of US teens ages 13 to 17 say they use Facebook, notably lower than the shares who […]

June 1, 2018

TV manufacturers set for World Cup boom

The latest data on the television market from consumer research panel Kantar Worldpanel ComTech reveals the scale of the opportunity open to manufacturers ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, as consumers use the football tournament as an excuse to invest in a new device. “International events like the World Cup traditionally lead to an […]

June 1, 2018

Analyst: 40% US households own streaming media player

According to findings from analyst firm Parks Associates, ownership of streaming media players has risen from about six per cent of US broadband households in 2010 to almost 40 per cent at the beginning of 2018. Parks Associates’ consumer data indicates

June 1, 2018

eMarketer: UK watching more video on smartphones

Consumers in the UK are watching more digital video content than ever before with mobile viewing on the rise, according to eMarketer’s latest time spent with video forecast. The forecast, which is included in eMarketer’s UK Digital Video and TV forecast report, shows that adults in the UK will spend just under an hour (59 […]

May 31, 2018

IHS: Out of home video viewing on the rise

More than half of Internet users surveyed in the US, UK, Brazil, Japan and Germany watched video content out of their homes at least once a month, according to consumer surveys conducted in the first quarter of 2018 by business information provider IHS Markit. Of those viewers, one out of six did

May 30, 2018

850m people to watch games content by 2022

A study from Juniper Research forecasts that unique viewers of eSports (competitive playing of video games) and let’s play content (tutorials and talk-throughs of game content) will reach 858 million by 2022, up from 630 million this year. This will equate to 1 in 10 of the global population by 2022. The report, eSports, Let’s Play […]

May 30, 2018

Spain: World Cup boosts 4K and big-screen TV sales

The sale of big-screen and 4K-ready TV sets are significantly increasing in Spain as this year’s World Cup tournament in Russia draws closer. The sales of 65 inch+ TV sets have grown by 70 per cent this year and are forecast to reach a 150 per cent rise between May and June, reports El Pais, […]

May 30, 2018From David Del Valle in Madrid

Fibre, cable 77% of global fixed broadband subs

Fibre and cable networks are dominating the global broadband market, with the technologies now servicing 77 per cent of fixed subscriptions, figures from Point Topic have revealed. According to the Global Broadband Statistics, which take into account subscriptions up to the end of 2017, more than 50 per cent of people in more than 40 […]

May 30, 2018By Sanjeev Bhavnani