In 2015 children aged 12-15 who watch both television and YouTube stated a preference for YouTube, according to new research by Ofcom. The regulator’s ‘Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report’ found that 29 per cent of children in this age group who watch both types of content said they prefer YouTube, compared to […]
A report from Sony concludes that we watch television for many reasons and one way or another we will still be watching television for many years to come. Television is facing unprecedented disruptive change. There’s a popular view that the growth of online video means that we will watch less television through traditional channels. The […]
Comcast and Time Warner Cable led the growth in US broadband subscriptions during the third quarter, adding a combined 552,000 new subscribers. Overall, cable operators in the US added 804,000 subscribers. However, the total number of US broadband subscribers only increased by 679,000 due to losses in DSL and slower growth in fibre subscriptions at […]
Technicolor has completed its $600 million cash and stock buy of Cisco Connected Devices; set-tops, cable modems, gateways and other CPE. The deal is part of another round of consolidation in the set-top box market, and comes amid Arris’s pending merger with Pace Plc. Arris and Pace are currently the top two set-top makers based […]
Baby Boomers comprise nearly a third of US adult broadband users and are significantly more likely than other segments to subscribe to traditional pay-TV. According to Broadband Boomers: A Consumer Snapshot, TDG’s newest data-driven analysis of this vital but oft-overlooked consumer segment, this makes them excellent candidates for the high-revenue sales of operator value-added services. […]
November 21st will see the first ‘El Clásico’ of the season when Real Madrid play Barcelona. Satellite operator SES will transmit the live game in Ultra HD. The signals will be broadcast from the Astra 1L craft at 19.2 degrees East. The transmission is part of the UHD technical tests being conducted by SES, Movistar+ […]
Channel 4, in partnership with Google, has announced that All 4 – home of all of the broadcaster’s channels and digital services – will be available on Google’s media streaming device Chromecast from November 24th. Viewers will be able to use their Android mobile device or Chrome browser on their computer to stream Channel 4 […]
A man from the UK East Midlands city of Leicester has been handed a 32-month jail sentence after a joint investigation by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) and Leicestershire Police discovered he was selling hundreds of illegal TV set-top boxes from an online marketplace. Between February 2012 and February 2015, Mark Brighty imported hundreds […]
The British Video Association (BVA) and the pro-copyright consumer education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness have launched The Guide to Screen Entertainment, an online guide designed to equip consumers with the knowledge they need to navigate new and emerging entertainment formats with confidence. Created as a direct response to insight from recent BVA […]
ITV Commercial has entered into a partnership with programmatic ad platform, RadiumOne. The collaboration will see ITV launch Ad Sync+, which, by linking ITV’s broadcast output to RadiumOne’s unique sharing data capability, will allow ITV’s TV advertisers to reach their desired audiences simultaneously across other devices and online environments. Advertisers will be able to target […]