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Research: Mobile TV tuner will exceed $400m by 2014

Free-to-Air analogue mobile video is booming in Latin America and China, and digital mobile TV services are ramping up throughout Asia, as well as Latin America. In the US, new ATSC mobile DTV services are launching and will drive solid growth in a few short years. As a result, within a few years, In-Stat expects […]

November 2, 2010

Research: 37m web-enabled CE devices by 2014

There are 30 million US broadband households currently viewing some form of online video on the TV. In addition to downloading digital video, close to 90 per cent of these households also stream online video to the TV, according to In-Stat. Over the next five years, the research firm expects that the majority of CE […]

October 20, 2010

47m EU households will have connected TV by 2014

The number of European households with a connected TV will grow from less than four million in 2009 to 47 million in 2014. The number of households with a connected Blu-ray player will jump from five million in 2010 to approximately 66 million in 2014, according

October 20, 2010

Research: 118m connected TV in 2014

According to the DisplaySearch latest TV Design and Features Report, the category is forecast to grow to over 118 million in 2014. TV set makers continue to develop new service platforms to offer a variety of new formats for TV viewing, while broadcasters are also launching their own standards and portals this quarter, such as […]

October 19, 2010

3D TV take-up initially sluggish

DisplaySearch forecasts that 3.2 million 3D TVs will be shipped in 2010, with growth to over 90 million in 2014. Based on this forecast, 3D will grow from 2 per cent of all flat panel TVs shipped in 2010, to 41 per cent in 2014. “While TV manufacturers have bold plans and a lot of […]

October 13, 2010

Research: Mobile TV behaviour

“Mobile media usage continues to accelerate across the globe, driven by advancing technologies and the growing number of content options available to consumers,” said Mark Donovan, comScore senior vice president of mobile. “As we look across markets, dramatic differences in mobile media consumption, brand adoption and user behavior become evident. These differences are even more […]

October 11, 2010

Research: Fast net subs to rise fourfold by 2014

Global subscribers to wideband telco services such as Fibre To The Home (FTTH) and VDSL are expected to rise at more than triple the rate of ADSL during the next few years as carriers seek to boost their networks performance, according to the broadband market research firm iSuppli Corp. Wideband telco services subscribers are forecasted […]

October 7, 2010

50m 3D TV sets in 2015

In 2013, according to ABI Research, market growth will start to accelerate, and shipments of 3D TV sets will approach 50 million in 2015. “The 3D TV market is moving faster than expected,” notes industry analyst Michael Inouye. “There was widespread skepticism that production models would be available so quickly. But by June this year […]

October 6, 2010

Research: Untapped market for connected devices in US

According to a report by The NPD Group, there is a large and untapped market for devices that offer connected capabilities and the digital content played on those devices. NPD’s report reveals how US consumers are adopting connected devices and using digital content, as well as what motivates specific consumer groups to use connected devices […]

September 30, 2010

Pay-TV STB shipments set to fall

Pay TV STB shipment volumes reach an all time high in 2009 with 127 million units shipped according to research by Screen Digest. Despite a 3 per cent growth in volumes the value of the industry fell to E9.2 billion. Motorola remained the number one pay TV set-top box vendor by shipment volumes with Pace […]

September 22, 2010