According to the NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly Smart TV Usage Study, consumers in emerging markets are twice as likely as those in mature markets to purchase an Internet-enabled Smart TV in the coming 12 months. When asked about their planned TV purchases, 71 per cent of consumers in Brazil, China, and other emerging markets reported they […]
A new pay-TV service is set to become available on the UK’s DTT platform for Freeview HD viewers with the launch this autumn of VuTV. VuTV will air on Freeview channel 238 and allow subscribers to enjoy a range of premium channels from established brands. A+E Networks, Viacom International Media Networks and Turner Broadcasting are […]
LG Electronics has selected Gracenote to power the On Now service in its latest Cinema 3D Smart TV line-up in Europe. Gracenote eyeQ will provide TV schedules and listings, movie and TV show descriptive metadata, as well as cover art and images to help viewers navigate and find what to watch across both broadcast and […]
The smart set-top box and dongle market is expected to pass 18 million units in 2013 – higher than originally forecasted due to the arrival of Google’s Chromecast device. According to analysis firm ABI Research, overall the market is expected to grow with a 10.8 per cent CAGR (2013 to 2018) with less saturated and […]
Analysis of UK TV viewing figures for the first half of 2013 shows how people’s TV diet is developing as on-demand TV viewing becomes a more established part of people’s lives. According to Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK, total average daily TV viewing in the UK during January-June 2013 was […]
The HbbTV Association, a global initiative dedicated to providing an open standard for the delivery of broadcast and broadband services through connected TVs and set-top boxes, is to license the HbbTV Logo to consumer electronics manufacturers. Any vendor selling an HbbTV device is now able to use the Logo on their device to indicate compatibility […]
Newly-released streaming media and connected TV research from Parks Associates indicates that the number of US broadband households with a streaming video media device, such as a Roku or an Apple TV, has doubled since 2011, reaching 14 per cent in 2013. In the report – Connected TV: Trends and Innovation – the firm notes […]
US homes that tune into family network programming or subscribe to premium movie channels are 20 per cent more likely than other network viewers to have their TV connected to the internet. According to the new Connected Home Consumer Index Report from NPD Connected Intelligence, family network viewers are 22 per cent more likely to […]
Harsh? I don’t think so. Forget everything else, if a provider can’t do better than a voice loop telling you a lie about when the broadband service will be restored, it has no business pretending to be a TV service provider. There are, of course, plenty of question marks over a strategy that sees a […]
BT announces it has more than a million households ready to watch the Barclays Premier League on BT Sport with “the million customers for BT Sport… added in just three months”. BT Sport is free with BT broadband and customers can watch the channels online or via their mobile devices using the BT Sport app. […]