According to the latest forecasts from Informa Telecoms & Media, the global online-video market will be worth $37 billion in 2017, driven by the popularity of services like Netflix and YouTube. This figure is made up of the three key video-revenue streams of advertising, subscriptions and transactions. Despite the market maturing, advertising will continue to […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its November 2012 Pay TV Services and Subscribers report. “Ongoing challenging economic conditions in the key revenue-generating markets of North America and Western Europe have resulted in slowing subscriber and revenue growth in the cable TV market,” notes Jeff Heynen, directing analyst for broadband access and […]
Global fixed broadband households will reach 745 million in 2017, up from 473 million in 2010 and the 578 million expected by end-2012, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The Fixed Broadband Household Forecasts report covers 40 countries. From the 167 million additions between 2012 and 2017, China will supply 73 million and […]
Pay-TV continues to dominate the US home entertainment industry, with 86 per cent of homes paying a regular fee to receive linear TV channel broadcasts, and revenues rising 4.3 per cent in 2011 to reach $94 billion according to a new industry report from research and knowledge-based consulting company Futuresource Consulting. “This figure does include […]
In a sign that consumers increasingly want to connect their ‘main screens’ (TV and computer) over half (55 per cent) of people in Britain have connected their TV sets to the Internet according to a YouGov study on the nation’s TV habits. The findings could presage a big increase in sales for Smart TVs. The […]
Global online advertising revenues will reach $143 billion in 2017, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The Online Advertising Forecasts report estimates that the 2017 total is more than double the $66 billion recorded in 2010 and considerably up from the $92 billion predicted for 2012. The US will remain the dominant territory […]
America Movil has surpassed DirecTV to become the leading pay-TV operator in Latin America. According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Pay-TV research service, America Movil accounted for 11.3 million, or 22 per cent, of the region’s 51 million pay-TV subscribers in H1 2012, while DirecTV accounted for 9.1 million, or 18 per cent. DirecTV had been the […]
A competitive assessment by analyst firm ABI Research looking at the impact on over-the-top (OTT) and multiscreen video distribution for premium video has placed Brightcove at the head of its rankings. Online Video Platforms (OVPs) and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) are ranked according to their implementation skills and innovation. Implementation skills include market share, geographies […]
The number of US households with a smart TV will reach 87 million by 2016, according to research from Parks Associates, which has released a new white-paper, commissioned by Rovi, examining new opportunities in advertising based on the growing adoption and usage of connected TV platforms in the US and Western Europe. “Connected TV systems […]
Canalys has released its final worldwide country-level smartphone data for Q3 2012. The estimates show that the smartphone market reached 173.7 million units, growing 44 per cent year-on-year. Samsung topped the table for the third consecutive quarter, followed by Apple. Together, both vendors accounted for nearly 50 per cent of the market. Sony jumped into […]