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Older Millennials stream more TV than teens

Adult Millennials – the age-group demographic covering 13-to-30 year-olds – are more likely to watch TV on a laptop or on a smartphone than their school-age counterparts, reports digital intelligence firm eMarketer. Among high school and college students ages 18 to 30, 70 per cent reported watching streamed TV in a typical week, while 66 […]

April 16, 2012

India tops 44m DTH subs

India has hit record subscriber numbers for pay-TV DTH viewing, says its regulator. The Telecom Regulation Authority of India (TRAI) says there were 44.21 million DTH subscribers at December 31st. There are six major DTH operators slugging it out for viewer loyalty over India, perhaps proving that the combined marketing and sales efforts of the […]

April 16, 2012By Chris Forrester

Boom time for German STBs

The end of analogue broadcasting (on April 30) has led to a boom in the supply and purchase of digital set-top boxes. Market research specialist GfK says that in the year to March 31st, sales are up 24 per cent, with January generating record sales up 60 per cent (y-o-y). Flat-panel TVs with built-in digital […]

April 13, 2012By Chris Forrester

Video streaming drives US rural Internet traffic

Analysis of data aggregated from 45 US communications service providers has provided new insights into Internet application and usage patterns among rural Americans, and indicates that video streaming dominated downstream traffic, while business services generated most upstream traffic The Calix US Rural Broadband Report data was drawn from actual Internet traffic monitored in US service […]

April 13, 2012

Over 25% of video viewing on non-TV platforms

Recent findings from Parks Associates research suggests that over 25 per cent of all video viewing in US broadband households now occurs on platforms other than the television, such as PCs, smartphones, and tablets. The research firm’s analysts will discuss the new research during the special session – The Future of OTT Video: Monetization Strategies […]

April 12, 2012

IP-intensive industries significant for US economy

The US Commerce Department today released a comprehensive report – Intellectual Property and the US Economy: Industries in Focus – which finds that intellectual property (IP)-intensive industries support at least 40 million jobs and contribute more than $5 trillion dollars to, or 34.8 per cent of, US gross domestic product (GDP). “This first of its […]

April 12, 2012By Colin Mann

RESEARCH: W Europe digital TV conversion slows

Western Europe will not reach full digital TV penetration until 2017, despite penetration being as high as 85 per cent by end-2011, according to a new report from Digital TV Research (DTVR). In fact, only two of the 15 countries covered in the Digital TV Western Europe report had fully converted to digital by end-2011, […]

April 11, 2012

CDNs help cellcos combat OTT

Mobile operators may finally have a weapon in the battle for Over the Top (OTT) service revenues, according to Strategy Analytics’ Mobile Broadband Opportunities (MBO) service report – Mobile Content Delivery Networks Reduce Media Delivery Costs and Create OTT Revenue Opportunity. According to the market intelligence firm, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) will become a significant […]

April 11, 2012

RESEARCH: Pay-TV bills rising, but fewer subs

Findings from market research company The NPD Group indicate that the average pay-TV subscription for basic pay-TV service and premium-TV channels in the US reached $86 in 2011. As TV programme licensing fees have risen, pay TV monthly rates have also grown an average of 6 per cent per year, even as consumer household income […]

April 11, 2012

38% US household TVs Internet-connected

Findings from Leichtman Research Group (LRG) indicate that 38 per cent of all households have at least one television set connected to the Internet via a video game system, a Blu-ray player, an Apple TV or Roku set-top box, and/or the TV set itself — up from 30 per cent last year, and 24 per […]

April 10, 2012