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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Demonstrating the increasing role of the network in people’s lives, an international workforce study commissioned by Cisco has revealed that one in three college students and young professionals considers the Internet to be as important as fundamental human resources such as air, water, food and shelter. The 2011 Cisco Connected World Technology Report also found […]
Barely two months after its early July launch, the Sky Go service has recorded its one-millionth download. Writing in BSkyB’s ‘Sky Views’ company blog, Holly Knill, Head of Sky Player and Mobile TV, has shared some insight into how customers have been using Sky Go since its launch as well as some significant milestones that […]
Credit Suisse says 20 per cent of US pay TV subscribers might cut the cord – but the reason will be mostly the economy, not OTT services. It says about 25 per cent of US consumers do use OTT services but more than half of them use it to compliment their pay TV. The bank […]
Research by Sycamore Research & Marketing reveals that 72 per cent of Australian consumers say they would stop illegal downloading activities if they received an educational notice from their ISP. The study also revealed that consumers perceive the ISPs as actively encouraging them to share and download illegal content. The national survey asked respondents, aged […]
Despite the rising US trend of cord cutting, the European cable market continued to expand in 2010, with revenue throughout the EU rising by nearly 8 per cent for the year on the strength of double-digit growth in digital television, broadband and telephony subscribers, according to the IHS Screen Digest. Total European Union cable revenue […]