Parks Associates research finds 45 per cent of Western European broadband households own a smart TV, with the highest percentage in Germany, where over 50 per cent of broadband households have this Internet-connected CE device. “Europe has served as an early market for new online video services,” said Brett Sappington, Director, Research, Parks Associates. “As […]
Research from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech on the home services market – covering broadband, fixed landline and paid television – has revealed that premium sports content is still a major draw for UK consumers, despite the market being awash with value-driven propositions. The data, for the three months ending 30 September, shows Sky, BT and Virgin […]
The Worldwide Video Infrastructure market increased revenue in Q2 2015 but decreased year over year because of a general slowdown in service providers’ capital expenses, accelerated competition and companies moving toward the cloud platform. According to ACG Research, The Q2 Total Worldwide Video Infrastructure market posted revenue of $3.1 billion. Set-Top Box Worldwide Market Shares, […]
Connected CE research from Parks Associates finds that more than 330 million Ultra-HD TVs will be sold globally by the end of 2019, an increase from two million in 2013. The report, Connected CE: Trends and Innovation, notes that, of US broadband households planning to purchase a flat-panel TV in 2015, 56 per cent think […]
Numerous branded smartphone vendors unveiled their next-generation flagship devices ahead of Apple’s iPhone 6s reveal this September. These earlier major product launches included Samsung’s Note 5, Huawei’s Mate and Sony Z5 series. Consequently, much of this year’s growth momentum in the smartphone market was concentrated in the third quarter. According to the latest smartphone shipment […]
A study from the Connected Home UX (CHX) group at Strategy Analytics has explored consumer usage of multiple devices when watching TV. The increased size and enhanced quality of screens of smartphones and tablets over the years have encouraged more activity and usage of multiple devices when watching TV. At present, most second device use […]
Parks Associates research shows US broadband households with a streaming media device watch more video on the television on average than households without one of these devices, at 22 hours versus 18 hours per week. Streaming media device owners watch double the amount of Internet video on the television, consuming
European research from Parks Associates shows 8 per cent of UK broadband households have at least one smart watch. These wearables, which can connect to the Internet, create new health, mobile payment, and smart home opportunities for companies in the IoT ecosystem, according to the firm’s consumer research project Connected Consumer in Europe. “The IoT […]
Western Europe is enjoying a spectacular boom in the sales of Ultra-HD TVs. According to data from analysts at GfK, the UK market is seeing the greatest enthusiasm for Ultra-HD. In the 12 months to August 15th, sales have
Ooyala’s Q2 Global Video Index shows that nearly half of all video plays and ad impressions for publishers occurred on mobile devices. Since Q2 2012, mobile video plays have grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 111 per cent, with the share of video plays on mobile devices