Findings from ABI Research’s Set-Top Box and Home Networks Market Research indicate that the second quarter of 2014 showed about a 5 per cent growth in set-top box revenues from a key set of major OEMs. Most manufacturers saw
Although Samsung is a leader in the growing Ultra-HD TV segment, average selling prices for Samsung TVs fell 13 per cent in the first half of 2014 compared to the previous year according to Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices (CHD) service report. Other key findings from the report include: – Samsung’s TV shipments grew by […]
Europe’s largest television company RTL Group has cut its 2014 outlook, citing among other issues a new advertising tax in Hungary that hit its earnings in the first half of the year. The broadcaster said it now expected 2014 revenues to decline slightly, with a more significant decrease in earnings before interest, tax and amortisation […]
In order to remain competitive, vendors must create tighter technology partnerships to provide customers with value-added services, finds consultancy firm Frost & Sullivan. The global online video platform (OVP) market is set to double by
Hispasat CEO Carlos Espinós says that 55.6 per cent of the Madrid-based satellite operator’s revenues are now coming from the Latin America area, and both revenues and LatAm’s share is growing. Espinós adds that these Latino operations are key to Hispasat’s success given that revenues from Europe were declining, and the recession in Europe meant […]
The first wave of replacement sales in flat panel TV will help to inject renewed growth into global TV sales over the coming five years. Approximately 23 per cent of global flat panel TV sales in 2013 were bought as a replacement for an existing flat panel display and this share is expected to grow […]
The Kudelski Group, a provider of media content protection and value-added service technology, has published its 2014 first half results. Group revenues in constant currency increased by 9.5 per cent over the same period in 2013, primarily driven by a patent cross-licence agreement with Cisco and by the consolidation of Conax starting in April 2014. […]
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has taken a significant step into TV production, buying minority stakes in four independent producers. The publicly-owned broadcaster has spent about £4 million to take undisclosed minority stakes of up to 25 per cent in the companies, the first investments from a £20 million fund that aims to help the growth […]
Indian channel distributor IndiaCast has published an ad in many Indian daily newspapers warning customers of IndusInd Media & Communications, which also trades as ‘InDigital’ and claims to be India’s largest cable TV network, that they will shortly be losing some of the most popular channels. IndiaCast distributes channels such as UTV Entertainment, Eenadu TV […]
Turkey is about to open its own high-performance satellite facility as well as setting up a sophisticated satellite test centre. The new factory has been built at the Akinci Air Force base, near Ankara, the nation’s capital city. New satellites, numbered Turksat 5A, 5B and 5C, will be built and assembled at the new plant. […]