A Harris Poll of 2,634 US adults reveals streaming video apps are the most popular apps for both Smart TV owners and consumers who don’t yet have a Smart TV. Three of the top five “must have” apps are Netflix (Owners 47 per cent/Non-owners 34 per cent), YouTube (Owners 44 per cent/Non-owners 31 per cent) […]
The UK TV ad sector is likely to be down by about 5 per cent in September, which could set the scene for total television ad spend to shrink across all 2012. Traditionally the third-biggest TV advertising month of the year, bringing in revenues close to £400 million (€494m) – is considered to be a […]
The growth rate of catch-up services is slowing down in the UK, according to Ofcom’s latest Communications Market Report. The number viewing TV on a PC-delivered catch-up service increased by just 3 per cent year-on-year to 29 per cent for the first quarter of 2012 as catch-up services become increasingly available via connected TV. The […]
The value created by imported feature films for European broadcasters was $4.318 billion in 2011 for 18,600 titles across 119 channels (nearly all of which are free-to-air) over the 21 territories covered in a new report. The Imported Feature Films on European TV report stated that the 2011 figure has not changed much over the […]
Pay-TV companies are struggling to keep up with video experiences enabled by connected TVs and iPads, according to analyst firm ABI Resesarch. Their situation, caused by a slow-moving business model, as well as serving less technically savvy consumers, is exacerbated by suffering a hardware disadvantage as they rely on set-top boxes that are typically a […]
According to a market report published by Transparency Market Research, the global mobile content market was worth $6.5 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach $18.6 billion in 2017, growing at a CAGR of 19 per cent from 2011 to 2017. Mobile games are expected to be the largest market segment at $11.4 billion […]
Shipments of LCD TVs are now expected to grow at a slower pace in 2012 than 2011, according to the latest Quarterly Global TV Shipment and Forecast Report issued by global market research and consulting firm NPD DisplaySearch. In addition, the overall TV market is expected to decline this year, even as segments such as […]
Research into global video trends has revealed that the growth in IP-delivered content is not being matched by a comparable level of investment in advertising across connected devices. The research – a collaboration between sell side video ad management platform, Videoplaza and IHS Screen Digest – found that TV remains first choice for reaching audiences […]
Based on forecasts for 80 countries, pay TV revenues will climb to $200 billion in 2017, up by $23 billion on 2011 but up by only $2 billion (1 per cent) on 2016, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The forecasts are based on subscription and on-demand revenues. The Digital TV World […]
Almost one out of four Spanish homes already have a pay TV service, with a total penetration rate of 22.8 per cent as of the end of 2011, reveals the latest report from the Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT). Pay TV subscriptions grew by 0.7 per cent to 4.5 million homes, up 32,540 against the previous […]