Competition among Apple, Amazon, Samsung, and Microsoft has lowered price points on tablets and helped expand adoption, with 48 per cent of US broadband households owning at least one, according to Parks Associates. Tablet ownership increased by nearly 33 per cent in one year, with 22 per cent of households reporting a tablet purchase, while […]
Mobile TV viewers are more focused on TV content when viewed on their smartphones than on larger devices, according to the findings of additional analyses of a study conducted by Boston-based market research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey for the Council for Research Excellence (CRE). The study – TV Untethered – was launched in November 2012 […]
Worldwide digital cable set-top box unit shipments increased by 10 per cent in 2012 and are expected to continue to increase modestly in 2013, according to MRG research. This market continued to be led by Motorola (now part of Arris) who shipped more than 11 million units in 2012. Satellite STBs continue to show strength […]
According to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report, Television remained the dominant media type in terms of advertising investment in the first quarter of 2013 with a 59 per cent share of media spend share and 3.5 per cent growth globally. It appears that TV will maintain this position at least for the short term, […]
Mobile connected devices, including smartphones and tablets, continue to drive consumer electronics (CE) industry sales, according to The US Consumer Electronics Sales and Forecasts, the semi-annual industry report released by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The report also finds positive growth in segments within automotive technology, audio products and TV displays. Overall CE industry revenue […]
Findings in the 2013 BFI Statistical Yearbook record a growth of 50 per cent in the UK’s Video on Demand (VoD) market, which the film industry trade body says has implications for the whole film industry value chain. The Yearbook highlights significant changes in the way audiences enjoy films, with changing demographics of cinema audiences, […]
Spain’s TV ad market continues to fall with a drop of 12.8 per cent to €884.4 million in the first half of the year, in comparison with €1.0142 billion in the same period the previous year. The FTA nationwide TV channels experienced an average drop of 12.9 per cent to €798.9 million taking 90.3 per […]
The number of homes receiving DTT signals will more than double between 2013 and 2018 – by reaching 553 million, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The Digital Terrestrial TV Forecasts report, covering 97 countries, expects the number of primary DTT homes (those not subscribing to cable, IPTV or satellite TV and […]
A review of the full-year KPIs of 23 of the world’s largest telcos makes for sombre reading as revenues continue to decline, finds Ovum. Telcos will have to make a critical assessment of their assets and operations if they are to remain profitable, warns the global independent analyst firm. New research from Ovum examining the […]
Tablet sales reached 51.9 million units worldwide in Q2 2013, representing 65 per cent growth over Q2 2012, and a 17 per cent quarter-on-quarter increase. Futuresource anticipates total tablet sales will exceed 252 million units in 2013, an annual growth rate of 63 per cent. Growth is beginning to be driven more by emerging markets […]