A forecast from MRG projects that global growth of OTT video services will exceed $1 billion in 2010 and US$20 billion in 2014, based on over 40 OTT Service Operators and Device Vendors profiled. “This is the most complete available analysis of connected OTT smart devices offering both live and on-demand video services,” says Mike […]
UK’s Freesat has revealed a study called ‘The Joy of Sets’ that claims the biggest motivation for watching TV is the opportunity to talk about it with others. People no longer just tune in to be entertained. When we are not talking about it, we are inspired by it – to change jobs, take up […]
Research from The Diffusion Group (TDG) has discovered that iPad Users and Intenders—those who own or are likely to purchase an iPad in the next few months—are significantly more likely than average adult broadband users to either downgrade or ‘cut the cord’ and cancel their PayTV service. “Despite the fact that cord-cutting remains more widely […]
The number of fibre-to-the-home subscribers in Europe, including Russia, has increased by 22 per cent over the past six months, thanks to the booming broadband market in the Eastern part of Europe, according to the latest figures from the FTTH Council Europe, announced at the Broadband World Forum in Paris. In absolute numbers, Europe has […]
Over The Top Services have the potential to change the face of the TV industry forever. Fast broadband access straight to the viewers TV will mean new opportunities for both new entrants and existing content players, bringing ever more options to consumers. But it could also have major implications for incumbent pay-TV platforms and network […]
The BBC finally launches BBC One HD on 3 November across all HD platforms: Freesat, Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media. The new HD channel will simulcast a network
There are 30 million US broadband households currently viewing some form of online video on the TV. In addition to downloading digital video, close to 90 per cent of these households also stream online video to the TV, according to In-Stat. Over the next five years, the research firm expects that the majority of CE […]
Consumer interest in connected CE devices – particularly connected TVs and Blu-ray players – has been slow to develop, predominantly as a result of a lack of industry and retail push, and a glut of competing solutions which are already providing swift and
The number of European households with a connected TV will grow from less than four million in 2009 to 47 million in 2014. The number of households with a connected Blu-ray player will jump from five million in 2010 to approximately 66 million in 2014, according
European households connected to cable TV fell from 34 per cent to 30 per cent between 2008 and 2009, giving a loss of around 8 million TV households, according to research by Strategy Analytics. These losses are believed to have been to the benefit of DTT, as the share of European households using DTT services […]