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Mobile TV

Vision247 Perception TV for 4G

Perception from media technology and content distribution specialist Vision247, enables 4G connected mobile devices to access hundreds of live streamed, high quality linear TV and radio channels, cloud based catch-up TV and video on demand. Perception takes advantage of high-speed cellular connectivity (100Mbps) to deliver mobile TV viewing to smartphone and tablet screens. With a […]

September 9, 2013

“Place-shifted” TV consumption on the rise

New attitudes toward TV viewing have been identified in a new report from Ericsson ConsumerLab, the fourth annual report looking at consumer trends in the TV area. Among the new findings, 72 per cent of respondents say they use mobile devices to watch video at least weekly, and 42 per cent of them do so […]

August 28, 2013

Frequency clearance smooths 4G launch

The final UK airwaves needed for the launch of high-speed mobile broadband in the 800MHz band will be cleared this week, according to Digital UK, the body which led the implementation of digital TV switchover from 2008-2012 and during 2013 oversaw the clearance of terrestrial TV services from the spectrum band. In February 2012, Freeview […]

July 29, 2013

Record mobile traffic for iPlayer

The BBC’s iPlayer received a record level of mobile traffic in June, whilst viewing on PCs dropped to an all-time low in terms of viewing percentage. The BBC reports that a record 32 per cent of total iPlayer programme requests for TV and radio in June came from mobile and tablet devices, with 44 per […]

July 26, 2013

Smaller devices drive up mobile TV attention

Mobile TV viewers are more focused on TV content when viewed on their smartphones than on larger devices, according to the findings of additional analyses of a study conducted by Boston-based market research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey for the Council for Research Excellence (CRE). The study – TV Untethered – was launched in November 2012 […]

July 25, 2013

85% of tablet owners watch online instead of TV

According to the Quarterly Multi-Screen Usage Study from NPD DisplaySearch, 85 per cent of tablet owners and 65 per cent of smartphone owners in 15 countries surveyed view online content on their mobile devices instead of on their TVs at least some of the time. Of the people who used mobile devices to view online […]

July 18, 2013

BBC upgrades Android iPlayer

The BBC has rolled out improved video stream quality on its Android iPlayer app and is working on launching a download option on the Android app “asap”. In a company blog post, the BBC said “We’ve been gradually improving the video quality we serve over Wi-Fi to all Android devices, and had focused on delivering […]

July 12, 2013

Study: Mobile video revenues $10bn by 2017

A new Juniper Research study of the Mobile TV & Video market has found that by 2017, revenues from streaming and download services on mobile and tablet devices will reach $9.5 billion, up from $4.5 billion this year. This will be as a result of the maturation of the market for streaming subscription services and […]

July 8, 2013

News tops mobile TV viewing

Rentrak has released its initial findings on mobile broadcast television usage. Results from its new Mobile TV Essentials service shows news is the leading genre of content watched from Dyle mobile TV – a new service offering broadcast television on mobile devices in the US. Key findings include: – The average Dyle mobile TV device […]

June 26, 2013

US tablet owners to exceed 130m in 2014

Parks Associates and mPortal report that the number of US tablet users will increase by 61 per cent from 2013 to 2014. “Tablet adoption, now close to 50 per cent of all US broadband households, increases demand for mobile video and content services,” said Heather Way, senior research analyst, Parks Associates. “Our research finds 44 […]

June 13, 2013