UK consumers are achieving average residential broadband speeds of 9.0Mbit/s, driven by the move to new ‘superfast’ services. Ofcom’s research into fixed-line residential broadband speeds shows that, in May 2012, the average actual UK speed was 9.0Mbit/s, which is 2x times faster than the average speed of 3.6Mbit/s recorded in November 2008 when Ofcom first […]
Transformation of a relatively mature pay-TV market and a surge in OTT services are identified as two key drivers in the growth of video infrastructure sales, according to findings from market intelligence specialist Synergy Research Group. The firm’s research suggests that the video infrastructure market generated revenues of $32 billion for technology vendors in 2011, […]
Findings from market research firm Dataxis suggest that in 2016, for the first time since television was introduced in Latin America, more people will be accessing digital terrestrial TV (DTT) than traditional, analogue free-to-air broadcasts in the region. By the end of 2012, Dataxis projects that there will be 12.3 million households actively receiving DTT […]
The London Games were the best ever for NBC, as more than 219 million viewers tuned in over the 17 days, making the London Olympics the most-watched TV event in US history, according to Nielsen. The 219.4 million viewers were up 2 per cent over the 215 million that watched the Beijing Games in 2008. […]
Global shipments of flat panel televisions returned to growth in the second quarter, according to IHS-owned Displaybank – after a 30 per cent drop during the first three months of 2012. Worldwide shipments of flat panel televisions (LCD and plasma sets), rose to 48.9 million units in the second quarter, up 3.6 per cent from […]
Research from analyst firm IHS suggests that subscriber additions for US pay-TV operators fell by nearly 350,000 in the second quarter – the largest subscriber drop in history – as weakening economic conditions and strengthening competition from over-the-top (OTT) players such as Netflix continue to work against cable operators and even against the satellite segment. […]
Research commissioned by Tier 1 Internet operator Level 3 Communications to ascertain current trends in viewing broadcast sport has revealed that the Internet is challenging traditional broadcast technology as a means of delivering programming content. The company suggests that a “perfect storm” is brewing as intense competition between content providers and device makers meets faster, […]
Nielsen has unveiled its latest innovation for cross-platform advertising. ‘Nielsen Online Audience Segments – TV Viewing’ links online and offline consumer behaviours by providing marketers the ability to connect with TV audiences online and more strategically align their TV and online ad campaigns. ‘Nielsen Online Audience Segments – TV Viewing’ serves the needs of those […]
Zapstreak, the mobile SDK for Android app developers, has published data that has been collected via Shortbeam, the company’s showcase app launched on Google Play in March this year. With Zapstreak’s technology embedded within a media app (video, music and images), user’s can push music streams, videos or images to a connected TV using DLNA […]
Silicon Valley-based video technology firm FreeWheel has released its Q2 2012 video monetisation report which found that consumer viewership of professional video content on smartphones, tablets, and game consoles doubled in Q2 of this year, hitting a record of more than a billion video views for the quarter [April-June]. Further, nearly 8 video ads are […]