There are nearly 700 million unique IPv4 addresses from 240 countries/regions connected to the Akamai Intelligent Platform in the fourth quarter of 2012. This represents 4.2 per cent more than in the third quarter of 2012, and 13 per cent more than in the fourth quarter of 2011. Given that a single IP address can […]
Parks Associates research finds over 70 per cent of pay-TV subscribers in Western Europe are able to receive a TV Everywhere/multiscreen service. In Eastern Europe, multiscreen availability topped 25 per cent of pay-TV households in early 2013. However, ARPU remains low, pushing many operators to test new business models such as a la carte pricing. […]
A TDG report on the evolving world of social TV provides new forecasts for social TV use between 2013 and 2020, as well as specific recommendations for TV industry stakeholders on how to incorporate social TV into television and online/OTT video offerings. According to Joel Espelien, TDG Senior Analyst, former SVP of Strategy at PacketVideo, […]
Eutelsat Communications has revealed the results of its survey on TV reception in Italy, conducted with Ipsos, which reveals that 8 million households are equipped with satellite dishes that are pointed at its satellites. The Hot Bird satellites, which are provide multichannel reception in Italy, are being received by 7.3 million homes, an increase of […]
Ofcom has published the Digital Television Update for the 4th quarter of 2012. The update reports on the take-up of digital TV services in the UK, including multichannel and platform share. Following the completion of the digital switchover, this will be the final update. It finds that: – In Q4 2012, 98 per cent of […]
Despite the dire competitive threat posed by OTT services, pay-TV operators can thrive by investing in additional service offerings that should include multiscreen services to more than make up for the erosion in their customer base, according to IHS Screen Digest. Speaking at the IHS PEVE Entertainment 2013 Conference, Guy Bisson, research director for television […]
Advertisers gravitated to the small screen in 2012 and pulled away from newspapers and magazines, according to Nielsen’s quarterly Global AdView Pulse report. The $350 billion in global TV ad spending represented a 4.3 per cent year-over-year increase, and a strong second half in US contributed to a 3.2 per cent rise in global ad […]
After a slow start, digital TV penetration is about to rocket in Latin America – from less than a third of homes at end-2012 to nearly 45 per cent by end-2013 and onto 84 per cent by 2018, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. To put it another way, 100 million digital […]
Consumers are becoming increasingly frustrated by restrictions limiting them from immediately accessing online content. According to research from Internet privacy and security pioneer AnchorFree, millions of people across the globe are downloading virtual private network (VPN) apps to ensure they don’t miss an episode of EastEnders or a new YouTube sensation. The Silicon Valley-based company […]
Rentrak has released its State of VoD Report 2012, which includes four years of VoD analysis from Rentrak’s OnDemand Essentials service. The report shows that the total time spent viewing free-on-demand television content in the US increased by over 40 per cent in 2012 compared to the previous year. Rapidly increasing numbers also show that […]