The multi-screen approach by viewers is intensifying in Spain with the availability of different connected devices and platforms. This is the main conclusion of Telefonica´s annual report about the Information Society which highlights that viewers have more and more access to TV content through mobile devices, with 67 per cent of smart users (26 million […]
With questions about the new viewer behaviour trend in premium TV: video ‘cord cutting’ and ‘cord shaving’ abounding, a new report from global information company The NPD Group reveals that subscriptions to HBO, Showtime, and other premium TV channels have declined over the past two years, as Netflix and other subscription video-on-demand (SVoD) services have […]
A survey by TNS Global buying trends for TVs in the US, especially related to the upcoming Super Bowl. With TV purchases increasing each January (1 million in 2005 to over 7 million in 2013), the survey verifies the growth claiming it’s now the leading time of year that Americans say they will buy a […]
Insights from GfK’s MultiMedia Mentor show that teenagers’ Internet use is growing faster than that of any other key age group, abetted by a variety of devices – smartphones, tablets, videogame consoles, and connected TVs. Time spent online by teens (ages 13 to 17) rose 37 per cent, to just over 4 hours per day, […]
According to data released by research firm The Diffusion Group, nearly nine in ten adult broadband users in the US subscribe to an incumbent pay-TV service such as cable, satellite, or IPTV. The use of such services is greatest among adults 35 and older and less among younger adults. “The notion that we’re on the […]
Decipher’s latest VOD Audit report reveals that Apple’s iTunes service comprehensively trounces the competition by offering a total of 65,063 video assets, 193 per cent larger than the next largest service Xbox Video, and 275 per cent larger than
Australians with a tablet computer in the household are more likely to shop online and browse the Internet while watching TV, according to the results from the Roy Morgan Retail Monitor show. While 1 in 2 Australians aged 14 and over now buys something over the Internet at least every three months, this rises to […]
A Harris Poll finds that while roughly two-thirds (68 per cent) of US adults went to the movies at least once in 2013, just about the same per cent (66 per cent) say they’re going to the movies less often now than a few years ago. Americans report going to
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE||Content First) have released the findings of the first part of a joint research study analysing how and why consumers use Second Screen devices to engage with video content. The findings,
Findings released at International CES by TiVo suggest that streaming to mobile devices among its subscriber base is on the rise and driving longer periods of engagement on second screens, an increase directly related to the launch of TiVo Roamio in August of 2013, with recorded shows leading the way as the streaming content of […]