According to a report from The Diffusion Group, revenue from the delivery of Internet video to the TV will grow nearly six-fold in the next five years, from a meagre $1 billion in 2009 to $5.7 billion in 2014. TDG says that in 2009, pay-per-view services will account for 96 per cent of global OTT […]
After more than a dozen years of failing to live up to its promise, web access on the television is finally ready for prime time, with retail sales of Internet-Enabled Televisions (IETVs) set to rise by a factor of six by 2013, according to iSuppli. The research group predicts worldwide sales of IETVs will rise […]
Pay-TV revenue in the UK will climb from $6.2 billion in 2009 to $8.2 billion by 2014 as IPTV grows at a CAGR of 26 percent within the forecast period, according to the latest report from Pyramid Research. The U.K. communications market is one of Europe’s largest and most dynamic markets, expected to generate US$47.1 […]
Nearly one out of four US households watches TV online, up from 20 per cent last year, reports The Conference Board and TNS. And Hulu.com is fast becoming the hot site – just behind YouTube.com – for watching TV programmes. The number of households visiting Hulu.com has increased almost fourfold in the last year. The […]
A recent study revealed that media buyers will be increasing their budgets for online video advertising. According to a biannual report from the video advertising network Web TV Enterprise, which surveyed 101 UK media buyers booking pre-roll advertising campaigns, 97 percent were planning on maintaining or increasing video advertising spend. According to the survey, 25 […]
The FTTH Council Europe has unveiled the latest figures showing which EU countries are leading the way in the penetration of fibre-to-the-home. Sweden leads the line-up of the top 10 adopters of FTTH services with more than 10 per cent of FTTH penetration, followed by Norway, Slovenia, Andorra, Denmark, Iceland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Slovakia and […]
The Nielsen Company has reported that as of August 30th 2009, 99.4 per cent of US homes are able to receive digital television signals. This is a gain of more than 572,000 homes in the last month and 1.8 million homes since the week of the June 12th digital television transition. As of August 30th, […]
The valuations of Asia's leading pay-TV operators are set to climb strongly amid rapid profit growth over the next five years, according to a study by Media Partners Asia (MPA). Profit growth of more than 10 per cent each year until 2015 will be driven by an increase in subscribers and higher revenues from a […]
Americans are increasing their overall media consumption, and media multi-tasking is part of the equation, according to data from The Nielsen Company's most recent Three Screen Report. During 2nd Quarter 2009, the number of people watching mobile video increased 70 per cent from last year and people who watch video online increased their viewing by […]
According to an InfoCom study the number of mobile TV users continues to grow but there is still no proven business model so far. Japan, South Korea and Italy are the leading markets for broadcast-based mobile TV services but mobile TV subscriber growth in these markets is driven mainly by free or partly-free access and […]