A report to clients from PINC Research firmly backed the nation’s cable and DTH TV sector on the dawn of the New Year which sees the industry adopt major structural changes, switching to an all-digital delivery system. PINC Research initiated its coverage on the sector, with a ‘buy’ recommendation on three cable and DTH players, […]
According to the latest NPD DisplaySearch Quarterly TV Cost and Price Forecast Model, average US street prices for all LCD TV sizes up to 46″ will be below $1,000 for the first time, and all 32″, including high frame-rate LED models, will be below $500. Many other pricing milestones will be reached during the holiday […]
The worldwide pay-TV market will continue to grow to generate service revenues of $236 billion by the end of next year according to ABI Research. Cable TV operators continue to face increasing competition from IPTV and OTT services. Increasing broadband penetration and the growing number of people using Internet-connected devices are supporting subscriber growth in […]
Global TV advertising grew by 3.5 per cent in 2011 to $154 billion, despite the Eurozone crisis (which hit Spain, Greece, Ireland and many Eastern European territories the hardest), natural disasters (Japan, Thailand, the Philippines and Turkey) and the Arab Spring revolts. In contrast, economic booms in Latin America and Asia Pacific led to significant […]
IMS claims that a high watermark has been reached for the worldwide digital terrestrial TV (DTT). The analyst predicts that worldwide DTT set-top box shipments will peak in 2012 at 20.5 million. It reckons 25 per cent of the STBs in 2012 will be shipped into Western European countries that have switch-off by the European […]
Break Media, a creator and publisher of digital video content, has published the findings of its annual Digital Video Advertising Trends study, which found that digital video advertising spending is up and expected to continue to increase throughout 2012. In addition to organic growth of budgets, the increase is projected to come from a number […]
British consumers are gaining an appetite for superfast broadband services, says analyst firm, Point Topic. Research reveals that the UK broadband market has shrugged off talk of a double-dip recession, to deliver its best third quarter since 2008. The UK market added a net 289,000 broadband lines during the third quarter of 2011, markedly better […]
Although one in ten (10 per cent) of UK homes already own a Smart TV, only a further four per cent intend to purchase one at some point in the next 12 months, according to YouGov research. Over one half (52 per cent) say they definitely won’t purchase a Smart TV, while one quarter (25 […]
Market research firm Infonetics Research has released excerpts from its third quarter CMTS and Edge QAM Hardware and Subscribers market share and forecast report, which tracks cable broadband equipment and subscribers. “While the cable broadband equipment market experienced its normal seasonal slowness in the third quarter, the important data to note is the year-over-year growth: […]
Apple has emerged as the leading player in the rapidly growing connected TV player market, according to research from the Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices service. According to the report – Connected TV Players: Another Battlefield in the Smart TV War – global sales of Connected TV players – also known as video streaming or […]