Global shipments of connected televisions such as Google TV, or Apple’s iTV, are expected to grow to about 200 million units in 2015, with strongest growth in the North American market, aided by faster Internet connections and more interactive applications, according to research firm WitsView. This year, shipments of connected TVs
Pay TV STB shipment volumes reach an all time high in 2009 with 127 million units shipped according to research by Screen Digest. Despite a 3 per cent growth in volumes the value of the industry fell to E9.2 billion. Motorola remained the number one pay TV set-top box vendor by shipment volumes with Pace […]
Television services in Latin America will grow by double digits over the next five years, outpacing service growth in Asia and other emerging markets, according to Parks Associates. A report by the firm reveals the Latin American region will achieve a cumulative annual growth rate of 10 per cent through 2014, compared to less than […]
Demand for satellite STBs in emerging markets such as India and China will drive STB shipments in 2010 as many advanced markets recover from the global economic slowdown. According to a report by IMS Research, Brazil, China, India, and Indonesia will account for more than 40 per cent of all pay and free-to-air satellite […]
Research released by Rovi Corporation to better understand TV consumption in the UK has found that viewers have shifted their TV watching behaviour, based on the introduction of entertainment technologies, such as on demand TV or ‘series record TV’, resulting in the emergence of a new TV culture. The survey results report that nearly 70 […]
The Set Top Box has been key to all new television developments in the last 20 years but has it had its day? Will functionality migrate to the Cloud leaving the STB as a ‘dumb’ thin client, or does a new future as the home gateway and hub of the smart home await?
Visionip.tv is a facilities house designed for where broadcast meets the web. John Mills, Managing Director, talks about how the company can bring niche broadcasters to the market, and a wide audience, in double quick time. [bitsontherun V2TpgorK-Nz9lx6T9]
A lively and engaging debate on the current state of the Home Network, its near and medium term development and its importance to achieving monetiseable convergence and content everywhere. Participants from Home Grid Forum, BT Broadband, Huawei and Access Company.
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On demand is now a fixture for any multichannel provider and it is more popular than ever, but is it any closer to making to money? Video on Demand has been around almost as long as pay-television and many millions have been invested in its delivery technology and its marketing. Today, widespread broadband access and […]