A Rovi study has provided updated metrics on connected TV owner demographics and usage for the first quarter 2013. When compared with previous results, the findings suggest the market for connected TVs is maturing rapidly. The audience for connected TVs is shifting, with females now – for the first time since Rovi and Decipher began […]
CSG Systems, a provider of support solutions, has published the findings of a comprehensive survey that reveal key consumer decision points for choosing a digital content provider. Through an independent survey of 1,200 US consumers age 18-65, CSG challenged the prevalent notion that OTT content providers are preferred significantly over broadband pay-TV operators when consumers […]
The majority of mobile TV viewing occasions – 82 per cent of tablet and 64 per cent of smartphone – occurs in the home, according to a study by market research firm Chadwick Martin Bailey. Additionally, the primary driver for consumers watching video on mobile devices is convenience – not to avoid advertising. The study […]
Spaniards prefer surfing through the Internet to watching TV to amuse themselves, according to a report from the consultancy firm Deloitte. The study with a 2,000 sample reveals that 55 per cent of the surveyed choose Internet rather than the TV in Spain in line with Italy but unlike other countries such as Germany, France […]
YouView has revealed it is on its way to reaching 400,000 homes across the UK, just 8 months after launch. The subscription-free service, offering 7 day catch-up and on-demand TV, has also released on demand viewing statistics for the first time citing over 2.2 million VoD plays per week, with around 60 per cent of […]
New data from MediaBug – Decipher’s bi-annual media tech tracker – have revealed that in homes in which both a Smart TV and a VoD enabled STB are present, an overwhelming 73 per cent choose to access their catch-up TV through the STB. The main reason given is ‘quick to access’, which highlights a key […]
According to Analysys Mason Senior Analyst, Cesar Bachelet, the firm’s latest consumer survey, conducted in five countries in Europe and the USA, more than a third of respondents were interested in buying a Smart TV set, but of the one in five respondents who claimed to own a smart TV, fewer than half of those […]
The Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast (2012-2017) projects that global Internet protocol (IP) traffic will grow three-fold between 2012 and 2017. Global IP traffic (fixed and mobile) is expected to reach an annual run rate of 1.4 zettabytes ― more than a trillion gigabytes per year – by 2017. Internet video users are projected […]
Stuart Murphy, Director of Sky’s entertainment channels, has revealed viewing figures for the broadcaster’s major entertainment shows during April, which show significant consumption other than at the time of live broadcast. Writing in the Sky Views blog, Murphy says that what is great is the number of people who are watching their favourite shows at […]
UK consumers are increasingly prepared to pay for media content despite the fact they are spending fewer hours watching TV, reading books and browsing social media sites than in previous years, a survey by advisory firm KPMG has found. KPMG’s latest Media & Entertainment Barometer which gauges trends and consumers’ sentiments towards new and traditional […]