The ability to stay constantly connected to the Internet is making consumers increasingly dependent on the cloud for their daily needs, Ericsson ConsumerLab research has found. And while the smartphone revolution may have started this trend, the research has shown it is app usage that is likely to make it continue. Apps are actually shaping […]
Digital media research company Futurescape has revealed how Facebook and Twitter are now considered power brokers for the global television industry. They say their ability to create new business opportunities and engage viewers, boosting advertising and pay-TV revenue, gives them a significant and increasing influence over all aspects of television. Key findings come in the […]
Sales of DVDs have collapsed in the last year falling 20 per cent according to figures released by the Digital Entertainment Group (DEG). Total sales from film-related DVD and Blu-ray discs in Q1 2011 fell from approximately $2.6 billion (Q1 2010) to $2.1 billion in the US. The DEG said the decline was related to […]
The expectation from ‘cord cutters’ that TV can be safely dispensed with seem at best premature, and at worst foolish, especially if last Friday’s Royal Wedding are any guide. Yahoo gleefully reported that 40,000 requests per second were being made for footage of William and Kate. That’s a praiseworthy number, and as far as Yahoo […]
SES Astra says that the number of digital homes in the Baltic state of Lithuania grew 25 per cent last year. Anna-Karin Modigh, a senior marketing manager at SES Astra, says 30 per cent or 400,000 of the 1.34 million Lithuanian TV households are now digital. From these TV households, 31 per cent use digital […]
The world online movies market is forecast to reach $4.44 billion by the year 2017, according to new report by Global Industry Analysts (GIA). Growth in the post recession period will be driven by continued penetration of broadband Internet, rising consumer spending on digital rentals, and introduction of advanced 3D to home markets. The report […]
ITV, PACT, Channel 4 and BSkyB have jointly commissioned an independent report into the contribution made by the UK audiovisual industry to the economic growth and cultural success of the nation – and how that momentum can be sustained. The Chief Executives of all four organisations have also written to the Prime Minister, David Cameron, […]
LG Electronics (LG), has revealed that over a third (37 per cent) of Brits say that the 2012 Olympics would tempt them to buy a 3D TV next year, with another 25 per cent saying that the Euro 2012 would also make them consider moving to a new dimension. The survey of 2,000 people, conducted […]
Seventy-four per cent of all UK households now have the Internet at home according to Ofcom research, an increase of three percentage points from 2009. And the amount of time adult Internet users say they spend on the Internet has increased from 12.2 hours in 2009 to 14.2 hours in 2010. 12-15 year olds now […]
Total US pay TV subscribers remained flat, growing by only some 148,000 during 2010, a 0.15 per cent annual growth rate, indicating no current trend toward video cord cutting/shaving, according to In-Stat. “A substantial portion of pay TV subscribers, however, exhibit similar characteristics to video cord cutting households,” says Keith Nissen, Principal Analyst. “It is […]