A jump in average broadband download speeds in the UK from 4.1Mbps in January to 5Mbps in October 2008 has coincided in Brits move from watching predominantly low-quality video clips on platforms like YouTube to high-quality video on the BBC’s iPlayer which perform best at download speeds. Picture quality and sound via streaming technologies is […]
The Office of National Statistics has issued a report revealing that the overall number of connections across the UK continued to decline in Q3 by 0.4 per cent. Figures recorded at the same time last year stood at +1.1 per cent. According to the ONS factors like the current recession and market saturation are to […]
Mobile TV services will generate $1.5 billion in revenues in 2008, rising to over $10 billion in 2013. At present the revenues are predominantly from subscription fees but this is expected to change over time as the advertising business model starts to gain prominence. Informa Telecoms & Media believes that by 2013 nearly half of […]
A consumer study commissioned by the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG) indicates HDTV and Blu-ray Disc player owners still find packaged media — such as Blu-ray discs — preferable to alternative Internet streaming and download services to play premium HD movie and video content. The independent study surveyed the inclinations and behaviour of more than 1,100 […]
IBM’s second global online survey of consumer digital media and entertainment habits revealed that consumers are adopting digital content services — such as social networking and videos – on mobile phones and personal computers at an accelerated pace, and it is impacting traditional consumption habits. The survey, which was conducted with 2,800 people in six […]
The growing popularity of IPTV services offered by a number of leading service providers in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) bodes well for the region’s telecoms industry, as it searches for ways to diversify its voice and Internet access businesses. A study published by IDC indicates that, despite relatively limited uptake of IPTV in previous […]
The British public are adopting an on-demand lifestyle of choice and control enabled by converging technologies. The widespread take-up of online TV services like the BBC iPlayer , along with significant penetration and use of Sky+ and on-demand TV services is delivering a wholesale change to the way in which respondents relate to television programmes […]
A study exploring consumer attitudes towards pay-TV services, with particular emphasis on consumer perceptions of telcos as providers of TV services, has found that price of service and discounts are particularly important for attracting new subscribers. The Making TV Pay study marks the first survey to explore the mindset of pay-TV subscribers after the credit […]
Ofcom’s third International Communications Market Report into the £876 billion (E1,100bn) global digital communications market finds that UK consumers are getting a good deal for their money when buying communications services compared with people in other countries. Of the larger countries surveyed, the UK has more households with digital TV on their main set, at […]
The global market for set-top boxes will grow gradually over the next few years, then will peak at around 110 million shipments in 2012, according to a report from ABI Research. Thereafter STB unit volumes for all platforms – DTT, IPTV, DBS, and CATV – will begin a gradual decline. STB revenues show a different […]