A survey by UK specialist lawyers Wiggin reports that 70 per cent of respondents said that they watch TV while browsing the Internet or using another device. 47 per cent said they were using social media sites while viewing linear TV and 52 per cent used the Internet to find out more about the show […]
Smartphones and media tablets continue to capture headlines while consumer electronic devices continue to see healthy interest from consumers. 25 per cent of US respondents to ABI Research’s Technology Barometer survey said they intend to purchase a smartphone during the first half of 2012 – a percentage equaled by HDTVs. Additionally, more respondents intend to […]
Smartphones and HDTVs are the top consumer electronics (CE) products US households plan to purchase over the next 12 months, according to a new study released by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). The 14th Annual Household CE Ownership and Market Potential Study also shows that household penetration rates for tablet computers will see their largest […]
comScore, a specialist in measuring the digital world, has released an overview of mobile news access across the five leading European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) using the comScore MobiLens service. The study showed that nearly 37 per cent of smartphone users in EU5 reported accessing news sites via an app or […]
TV programmes have come to the Internet, and the Internet has gone to mobile devices. Now the Internet is coming back to TV, and software engineers and smart TV producers are finding ways to create new “hybrid” services that bring it all together. In-Stat research forecasts that 100 million households will actively use a hybrid […]
In 2011 worldwide TV shipments fell for the first time since NPD DisplaySearch began tracking global TV shipments in 2004, slipping 0.3 per cent to 247.7 million units. LCD TV shipments increased by 7 per cent to just over 205 million units in 2011 – a substantial slowdown from the double digit growth in previous […]
Shipments of 3D LCD TV panels spiked to 7.8 million in Q4’11, up 26 per cent Q/Q. As a result, total 3D TV panel shipments in 2011 reached 21.2 million, accounting for 10 per cent of all LCD TV panels shipped. According to the NPD DisplaySearch, panel makers are targeting very strong growth of 138 […]
A report from Juniper Research finds that growing user satisfaction with mobile TV on tablets will push average monthly viewing times to 186 minutes per month in 2014. The report finds that as users become more accustomed to viewing content on tablets, and as a wider range of content becomes available on tablets, consumers will […]
The relentless march toward digital media technology has driven the evolution of consumer electronics from specialised electronic devices to multipurpose, networked computing devices, with the advent of ‘smart CE devices’ having a profound effect on the digital multimedia home, according to research firm NPD In-Stat, who forecast that smart CE device unit shipments will surpass […]
Coinciding with the Dubai CABSAT show, sales analysis specialist GfK reports that Saudi Arabia’s technical consumer goods have again demonstrated extremely strong growth throughout last year. Camera sales did best of all (up 60 per cent y-o-y) although telecommunications (smart phones) and IT sectors represent greater value in revenue terms. The top three contributors in […]