Advanced Television

Consumer Behaviour

Avatar most pirated film ever

James Cameron’s Avatar is the most pirated film of all time. Website Torrentfreak.com has compiled a list of the top 10 most downloaded movies, and Avatar came top with 21 million downloads – easily beating The Dark Knight and Transformers by two million downloads. Given the piracy was all in 2D this somewhat undermines the […]

October 17, 2011

Nielsen: Tablet TV viewers don’t pay attention

A new survey found that 40 per cent of tablet and smart phone owners are using their functions while watching TV. The research from Nielsen found that most common activity done on tablets and smart phones is checking emails, with about 60 per cent of respondents. And according to the survey, a similar number of […]

October 14, 2011

Blip.tv reveals how, when & where web TV is consumed

Blip.tv, one of the Internet’s largest independently owned and operated video properties, has published the results of a study focusing on original web video. Blip.tv commissioned the study with Dynamic Logic, a specialist in digital insights, to offer key insights into how, when and where Blip.tv audiences are watching online video. According to Dynamic Logic, […]

October 11, 2011

MobiTV reports record 167m mins of mobile TV

MobiTV, a mobile TV solutions company, has revealed that during the month of September 2011, US consumers viewed more than 167 million minutes of mobile television on MobiTV-powered services – the highest total for any month in MobiTV history. Of note, 65 per cent of the minutes viewed were live programming. The viewership illustrates continued […]

October 10, 2011

Tablet users willing to pay for digital content

FTI Consulting has found in a new consumer survey that tablet users in the US are not only ardent consumers of digital content but also are more willing to pay for online subscriptions.  These results suggest that well-formulated digital media strategies may offer new revenue prospects to traditional media. In a study, FTI Consulting compares […]

September 28, 2011

US still favours TV for news

A study by the Pew Research Centre and the Knight Foundation has found that TV continues to be the main news source, in the US but only by a small margin. Local newspapers, websites and radio stations play a key role as well. The survey found that TV is the main source for three popular […]

September 27, 2011

US consumers prefer 3DTV

US consumers love 3DTV, according to a new study of the TV marketplace. Findings from research firm Frank N Magid Associates carried out on behalf of Panasonic during Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim last month, suggest that a vast majority of consumers believe that 3DTV significantly improves their television viewing experience. “We’ve always said that, […]

September 26, 2011

Only 22% think 3D improves cinema experience

Only around one in five British cinemagoers feels 3D improves the cinema experience, a YouGov poll has found, while almost half felt it either made no difference to the experience, or even made it worse. Highlights of the poll include: – 22 per cent of British cinema goers feel that 3D cinema improves the cinema […]

September 26, 2011

RESEARCH: Everyone likes TV Everywhere

Parks Associates has released findings from a new multi-country consumer study showing 15-30 per cent of broadband households in North America and Western Europe are interested in a TV Everywhere solution. The research firm’s analysts say as multi-screen solutions and streaming options become available to more consumers, these services will be valuable in retaining and […]

September 22, 2011

40% of Cord Cutters would pay more for à la carte

Collectively, US pay-TV providers lost 400,000 subscribers in the second quarter – their single worst period in over three years, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. Cable TV took the brunt of the hit, though Satellite operators were not left unscathed.  While much of the subscriber loss can be attributed to traditional economic […]

September 21, 2011