The overwhelming majority of UK companies are very positive about improvements that have been made to UK digital networks in recent years and are confident that the trend will continue. According to the CBI/KPMG infrastructure survey 2012, Better connected, better business, 82 per cent of companies feel that networks are in a better state than […]
Live sports content is driving consumer mobile video viewing according to research from QuickPlay Media. A survey of UK mobile subscribers between the ages of 18-44, revealed more than half (52 per cent) of mobile video users watched at least one Olympic event on either a smartphone or tablet. Furthermore, of those who have watched […]
The Spanish pay TV market continues to be in free fall with a loss of over 100,000 subscribers, according to the latest report by the Telecommunications Market Commission (CMT). Prisa TV, owner of digital DTH platform Canal Plus, is the market leader with 1,731,140 subscribers (down 2.1 per cent) followed by cable company ONO, with 906,475 (down […]
The global pay-TV market continues to grow despite a decline in the US pay-TV market in 2012. ABI Research forecasts that global pay TV subscribers will reach 858.1 million at the end of 2012, a 5 per cent year-on-year increment from 2011. The key growth will be driven by the Asian-Pacific market which is expected […]
Proponents of over-the-top (OTT) video delivery view streaming Internet providers such as Netflix as the future of television, offering entertainment at a fraction of the cost of traditional pay-TV operators while also providing the potential for superior breadth in programming, ubiquity in platforms and technological advancement. However, a detailed analysis from IHS Screen Digest reveals […]
Service delivery platforms (SDPs) are evolving to provide network operators with a strong foundation for building successful digital services ecosystems that include participation of a wide range of third-party partners, but new technology competitors pose serious challenges to SDP vendors, according to the latest report from Heavy Reading Service Provider IT Insider, a paid research […]
According to market research company The NPD Group, on the anniversary of the failed introduction of Qwikster, Netflix has garnered more US subscribers than ever. One in four US households now subscribe to Netflix, based on data from NPD’s Subscription VOD report. “Today marks the first anniversary of Netflix introducing Qwikster, its by-mail DVD and […]
In the next five years, electronics retailer Flanco predicts that smart TVs will be the main type of TVs purchased by Romanians. Romanians spend on average over four hours a day watching TV, but at the same time, they are social networks enthusiasts, averaging over four hours surfing the Internet, according to the company. One […]
Manchester has been named the piracy capital of the UK according to a study from monitoring service Musicmetric. The research said there were more illegal downloads per person in the city than any other in the country, followed by Nottingham and Southampton. The statistics conclude that in the first half of 2012, UK users illegally […]
A study conducted by the SuperMoney Observatory, which compares pay-TV offers on the Italian market, has shown that the demand for pay-TV services has grown by 80 per cent in the past six months. As usual, the peak was reached in August (93.4 per cent), due to the imminent start of the Italian football season. […]