BBC iPlayer, the BBC’s on-demand service, hit record-breaking numbers in 2012, with 2.32 billion TV and radio programme requests and 36.5 billion minutes of BBC programmes enjoyed across all platforms in iPlayer. Audiences spent 34 per cent more time watching TV in iPlayer than ever before. Danny Boyle’s Olympic Opening Ceremony topped iPlayer viewing in […]
Just about every large-screen display now sold in Western Europe and North America is ‘3D enabled’. However, Blu-Ray packaged media sales remain sluggish, and take-up of 3D transmissions is – at best – modest. However, a new study from IHS-Screen Digest says that Japan’s enthusiasm for 3D Blu-Ray is “growing steadily” despite Japan’s economic climate. […]
An increasing number of US consumers are viewing TV content via the Internet, especially the 18-24 demographic, according to a blog from John Buffone, Director, Devices, NPD Connected Intelligence, who nevertheless highlights from personal experience that awareness of streaming services and devices is not universal. “When you are one of the 25 million Netflix US streaming subscribers […]
Findings from research firm GfK among pay-TV households reveal that their awareness and use of free TV Everywhere (TVE) capabilities from television networks is higher than for similar capabilities that are built into most pay-TV subscription packages. For the new study, TV Everywhere 2012: A How People Use Media Report, GfK screened 1,275 people (ages […]
Since 2011, media discovery company Shazam has partnered with global brands to make television adverts Shazam-enabled, allowing viewers to interact with adverts and brands by ‘tagging’ them. By using the Shazam App, viewers could receive additional information about the brand or product, gain access to special offers, enter competitions, and take advantage of social sharing […]
In a survey of streetlife.com’s 40,000 London users, about 9 out of 10 are proud to live in London and want a dedicated London TV station. This was one of the findings by a survey this month for the Channel 6 Consortium which is bidding for the London TV franchise due to be awarded next […]
Akamai’s Third Quarter, 2012 State of the Internet report says more than 680 million IPv4 addresses from 243 countries/regions connected to the Akamai Intelligent Platform during the third quarter of 2012. The figure represents an 11 per cent increase year over year. Since a single IP address can represent multiple individuals in some cases – […]
A report from international market research and consulting firm NSR – Ultra-HD via Satellite – finds, over the long term, Ultra-HD channels represent a respectable, but niche opportunity for satellite companies. This nascent market is expected to start at a low base in 2015 with just 15 channels being demanded by the global cable TV, […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its new Multi-Screen TV Service Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey, for which Infonetics interviewed pay-TV operators about their plans for multi-screen video services and delivering live and file-based video content to subscribers with multiple devices. “Multi-screen services are quickly becoming a critical service for pay […]
The pay-TV content protection market is thriving, driven by the ongoing digitisation of cable in emerging markets and by continued investment in advanced applications and ‘TV Everywhere’ offerings in major markets. Analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that the market earned revenues of $1.63 billion in 2011 and estimates this to reach $2.6 billion in […]