Mobile technology has reached an incredibly high penetration in an exceptionally short amount of time with smartphones and tablets truly becoming the beating heart of content and commerce this year. According to Frank N. Magid Associates’ latest study, 74 per cent of American mobile consumers now use a smartphone, and 52 per cent of mobile […]
More than 8 billion Internet-connected video devices will be installed worldwide in 2017, exceeding the population of the planet, according to research from the Broadband Technology Service at IHS. The installed base of video-enabled devices that are connected to the Internet — a category that includes diverse product such as tablets, smart TVs, games consoles, […]
For the second month in a row, global shipments of flat-panel televisions fell in July compared to year-ago levels, dampening hopes that the market will achieve any growth this year. The combined shipments worldwide in July of liquid-crystal display (LCD) and plasma display panel (PDP) TVs amounted to 14.88 million units, down 6.3 per cent […]
Consumer research from Parks Associates finds 43 per cent of Google Chromecast owners in the US stream video content from Netflix to their TV set every day, a feature heavily promoted during the device’s introduction. The same research found 34 per cent of Chromecast owners stream Hulu to their TV set on a daily basis. […]
Researchers at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Microsoft have successfully developed a new system, WISER (White-space Indoor Spectrum EnhanceR), that improves indoor access to radio frequency spectrum which can enhance the performance of wireless technologies. In most places, radio spectrum is allocated by strict licensing to different wireless applications in a way […]
Consumer uptake of 3D hardware continues apace, with the market on track to achieve 157.7 million 3DTV sales in 2017, up from a forecast of 59.3 million for 2013, according to a new report from Futuresource Consulting. “In 2017, 3DTVs will account for 58 per cent of all TVs sold across the globe, rising from […]
In 2013, 10 per cent of the remote controls shipped with major home consumer equipment will be RF-enabled. Over the next five years there will be a major surge in RF (radio frequency) technology adoption for remote controls as vendors look to differentiate their products, and/or drive growth in smart home services. While at the […]
According to Parks Associates research, there will be 175 million online video users in the US in 2013, rising to 191 million by 2017, at which time there will be nearly 70 million smart-TV households. Parks Associates advertising research finds 25 per cent of smart-TV app users recall seeing an in-app ad and 84 per […]
In many ways, connectable media devices are the primary gateways through which individual consumers experience the wonders of high quality video, audio, video games, and increasingly, print media says MRG Research. Because the devices are the last link in the delivery chain for digital media, much of the value of the digital content experience has […]
IHS has published a report looking at trends in TV viewing across the US and major Western European markets. While broadcast TV viewing is still on the up across many countries (particularly recession-hit Italy and Spain), many of the increases in hours spent watching TV have been driven by time-shifted TV and on-demand usage. In […]