According to research from the Computer & Communications Industry Association, recent claims by the recording industry that search engines are a major driver of traffic to copyright-infringing websites are exaggerated. The research paper – The Search Fixation: Infringement, Search Results and Online Content – the first of a series of research pieces to better inform […]
Information and measurement company Nielsen has released findings, which, for the first time, provide statistical evidence of a two-way causal influence between broadcast TV tune-in for a programme and the Twitter conversation around that programme. Nielsen’s Twitter Causation Study included time series analysis to determine if Twitter activity drives increased tune-in rates for broadcast TV […]
Customers prefer consuming media and entertainment websites and apps via mobile devices over personal computers, according to new research from customer experience analytics firm ForeSee. User satisfaction with mobile media and entertainment sites and apps scores 77 on the study’s 100-point scale. Satisfaction with media and entertainment websites via PC scored 67 in a similar […]
There are now 20 million monthly active mobile gamers in the UK, and 6.2 million who play on their smartphones almost every day, according to a report from market research firm comScore. The report suggests that mobile gaming is as popular as photo messaging, and only just behind weather, news and search (21 million) as […]
Many people in the UK see no reason to upgrade to 4G mobile services. Just under a quarter of UK smartphone users have no intention of signing up to 4G, according to an Ofcom report. Although many people are aware of the existence of 4G mobile data services, they have no immediate plans to upgrade. […]
The trend toward obtaining video and audio content via the Internet, and bypassing programming offered by traditional cable and satellite providers, is advancing more quickly than previously believed because of a sea-change in the viewing habits of younger consumers, according to a study commissioned by industry group the Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Council Americas. […]
Figures released by the British Video Association show that the value of the video entertainment market increased in the first half of 2013. Consumer expenditure on all video entertainment reached more than £993 million, up 8.2 per cent compared with the first half of 2012. Sales value increased across both physical and digital formats, with […]
The amount of time that people in the US spend on digital media has surpassed the time they spend watching television this year for the first time. The average adult spends five hours and nine minutes a day online or with other digital media, compared with four hours and 31 minutes watching TV, according to […]
Huge growth in take-up of smartphones and tablets is creating a nation of media multi-taskers, research from UK comms regulator Ofcom reveals, transforming the traditional living room of our parents and grandparents into a digital media hub. Ofcom’s Communications Market Report 2013 reveals that people are still coming together to watch TV in the living […]
A survey on online piracy conducted by specialist South African website MyBroadband among its readers has revealed how widespread piracy is, and what sort of content people pirate. According to the survey, 58 per cent of tech-savvy broadband users in South Africa have pirated content over the last 12 months. The survey was completed by […]