Consumer behaviour and TV set maker strategies are resulting in widely diverging TV product ranges across the world. While the industry is truly global, regional differences are increasing. For 3D, the most enthusiastic regions are Western Europe and China, while the mix of 3D in North America actually declined in Q3’11, according to the Q4’11 […]
Findings from customer experience analytics firm ForeSee’s annual Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index show that after seven years spent jockeying for first place in the Index, Amazon and Netflix are headed in divergent directions. Amazon climbed two points to score 88 on the study’s 100-point scale, registering the highest score from any retailer in 14 consecutive […]
According to the research from Informa Telecoms & Media, awareness of Smart TVs remains low as UK retailers fail to educate consumers of their benefits and provide even the most basic information regarding connected-TV features. Informa estimates that 35 per cent of all TVs sold this year will be “smart”, however, this is a result […]
According to The NPD Group, even with the increasing number of iVOD-capable devices the vast majority of these devices were not used to rent iVOD movies. Only 5 per cent of the 134 million US consumers who own iVOD-capable devices used them to do so. Even among owners of dedicated streaming media devices, only 14 […]
Increasingly, people are using their Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii consoles to stream movies and TV shows, according to a survey released by the Nielsen Co. Because all three consoles readily connect to the Internet, viewers can use them to access VoD services like Netflix, Hulu Plus, YouTube and ESPN to watch on their […]
Although one in ten (10 per cent) of UK homes already own a Smart TV, only a further four per cent intend to purchase one at some point in the next 12 months, according to YouGov research. Over one half (52 per cent) say they definitely won’t purchase a Smart TV, while one quarter (25 […]
According to an Ofcom report, over a quarter (27 per cent) of UK Internet users say they watch TV online every week, an increase of three percentage points from 2010 – and higher than any of the other 16 countries surveyed. The popularity of a wide variety of free-to-view catch-up TV services such as BBC […]
Semiconductor solutions specialist Broadcom has unveiled the results of a new consumer poll that demonstrates increased appetite for seamless and pervasive connections. The November 2011 poll of 1,025 consumers explored technology trends on the go, in the home, and on the road and revealed details of consumers’ desire for a more connected lifestyle. In response […]
The Irish Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte T.D. has released research which reveals that 87 per cent per cent of Irish people are now aware of the digital TV switchover and 35 per cent are aware that the analogue TV network will be officially switched off in October 2012. These encouraging […]
Global consumer spend on online video has exploded in 2011, according to the latest research – Global OTT Video Forecast: Q4 2011 – from Strategy Analytics. Global online video spend will soar to $3.5 billion in 2011. While transactional revenue growth is slowing in maturing territories, subscription revenues driven by specialists – such as Netflix […]