Findings from Futuresource Consulting suggest that the relationship between SVoD and pay-TV is relatively complementary in most countries, with pay-TV households more likely to take SVoD services than free-to-air only households, although as SVoD becomes more established, this is less apparent. The eleventh edition of the firm’s twice yearly consumer research programme – Living with […]
Findings from a Leichtman Research Group study – HD and Connected TVs XIII – indicate that 65 per cent of US TV households have at least one television set connected to the Internet via a video game system, a smart TV set, a Blu-ray player, and/or a stand-alone device (such as Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, […]
Broadcasters could be forgiven for wishing the digital train would occasionally slow down or at least rest a little longer in one station before moving on to another. For many years, of course, it was very straightforward – a signal was sent, by a variety of means, to a TV where it was watched or […]
Cable MSO Comcast is partnering with Roku in a move that will continue to expand the range of retail devices Comcast’s customers can use to access their Xfinity TV service without the need for a set-top box. Later this year, Xfinity TV customers will be able to enjoy their cable subscription in the home via […]
In advance of TV Connect, Sef Tuma, Managing Director and Chief Strategy Officer of Accenture Digital Video, has shared some thoughts on the future of the Connected TV market. One of the things that excites him about the evolving Connected TV market is the speed of disruption occurring across the industry right now, and potential […]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) has partnered with CSG to create a new service named ULTRA that allows consumers to buy and stream 4K movies and TV shows on Sony Android BRAVIA 4K TVs. With this new service, consumers will be able to browse, purchase, favourite, search and playback a broad catalogue of 4K video […]
Sylvain Thevenot, tells us about Netgem’s first visit to Mobile World Congress to demonstrate its mobile TV solution. For twenty years Netgem has stayed at the forefront of TV developments and now offers a complete converged services platform for telcos, ISPs and mobile operators. [bitsontherun mV6rrEYy-ni7dlelE]
Three million viewers aged 15 and above now watch live or catch-up TV each day and average around 1 hour and 40 minutes on a computer, tablet or smartphone. This is 200,000 people more than last year, according to a TV study by Médiamétrie. In comparison, 8 out of 10 still watch TV every day. […]
While New Zealanders increasingly use mobile devices to watch video content, 3.2 million New Zealanders aged 10+ (84 per cent) are viewing over 23 hours of broadcast TV through their TV sets across a week. In comparison, online New Zealanders spend 15 hours per week using the Internet. The latest New Zealand Multi-Screen Report by […]
For its TV sets in the Australian and South American markets TCL Multimedia, the global television manufacturer, has signed an agreement with Foxxum to provide a state of the art Smart TV portal. Both companies stated that the cooperation marks an important step towards an even stronger growth of market shares in those parts of […]