Advanced Television

Consumer Behaviour

Nielsen: WebTV viewers watch more regular TV

A study released by Nielsen has highlighted the 21st century TV-viewing habits of consumers who are watching shows or movies from the Internet on their TV sets. Specifically, it reveals that 84 per cent of these viewers report that they are watching the same, or more, regularly scheduled TV since they started streaming or downloading […]

November 16, 2010

iPadders most likely to cut the cord

Research from The Diffusion Group (TDG) has discovered that iPad Users and Intenders—those who own or are likely to purchase an iPad in the next few months—are significantly more likely than average adult broadband users to either downgrade or ‘cut the cord’ and cancel their PayTV service. “Despite the fact that cord-cutting remains more widely […]

November 12, 2010

Research: HD owned by many, watched by few

Even though 56 per cent of all American homes are getting HD signals on their high def sets, well over 80 per cent of viewing is still done in standard definition, Nielsen reports. Only 13 per cent of the viewing for the entire day of cable programming and only 19 per cent of the viewing […]

November 9, 2010

ESPN: 3D increases viewer engagement

Findings from the an extensive 3DTV viewer study, conducted by ESPN during the summer’s 2010 World Cup tournament has revealed that people remember TV ads better in 3D than in 2D. ESPN used Disney’s Media and Ad Lab in Austin to measure viewer response to its inaugural 3D coverage. It was, for the most part, […]

November 5, 2010

Research: More legal content services best way to counter piracy

The digital media industry needs to offer more legal ways to access content, such as streaming and micropayment systems, to overcome piracy, suggests research by BDRC Continental. At the Media Research Group conference in Malta, director of media and Internet research James Myring presented the company’s first study of digital content piracy. “If piracy is […]

November 5, 2010

Research: Online video overtakes P2P traffic

Online video now accounts for the largest amount of IP traffic worldwide, according to figures from Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI). Online video – which represents streaming video, Flash and Internet TV – represents 26 per cent of all IP traffic, compared to 25 peer cent for P2P traffic (the former highest – down from […]

November 1, 2010

High consumer demand for 3D movies

The International 3D Society has published a survey revealing that 6 of 10 US adults (59 per cent) have yet to see a contemporary 3D movie (in the past three years) — an untapped and huge opportunity for consumer discovery. “Clearly consumers have a robust appetite for 3D Content” said Jim Chabin, President of the […]

October 27, 2010

Research: Changing media consumption trends

SAY Media, a modern media company, has published the results of a research project aimed at better understanding consumer media consumption and advertising effectiveness. In addition to uncovering key behavioural changes, the study strove to better understand the implications for marketers trying to reach this desirable, growing audience. Consumers who’ve shifted the majority of their […]

October 20, 2010

CRE to study video media usage

The Council for Research Excellence (CRE), a diverse group of senior research professionals from throughout the media and advertising industries, dedicated to advancing the knowledge and practice of audience measurement methodology, has issued a request for proposal (RFP) to industry researchers to study available research regarding new video-media usage. The objective of the project would […]

October 20, 2010

EU: Internet “too expensive”

The EU’s latest broadband and Internet survey (eCommunications Household Survey), covering 27,000 homes throughout the EU, has found an average 43 per cent of those households do not have internet access. Almost 20 per cent cited cost as the reason. The EU is committed to making basic broadband available to all Europeans by 2013 (and […]

October 15, 2010By Chris Forrester