Findings from two recent reports by market research firm Infonetics Research suggest that pay-TV operators continue to increase their investments in MPEG-4 encoders, while despite healthy unit growth in set-top box (STB) sales, revenue was flat. “Two of the most interesting trends in the video equipment and set-top box markets are 1) across the board, […]
The IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report for the full-year 2011 reveals that revenues soared to a landmark high of $31 billion. That milestone represents a 22 per cent increase over 2010’s full-year number, which itself had been a record-breaker at $26 billion. The report by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and prepared by PwC U.S., […]
10.8 million UK homes now have free-to-air digital TV service Freeview on their main sets. Freeview is now in more than 20 million homes in total when second sets are counted. There are now 2.1 million active Freeview HD homes. The numbers emerged in the same press briefing (above) given by Freeview, and which was […]
Findings from a comprehensive study reveal that Mobile Digital Television will play an important role in the lives of consumers because it offers the convenience, simplicity and immediacy of live broadcast TV on a variety of portable electronic devices. The study, commissioned by the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC) – a voluntary association of television […]
The spike in demand for Internet protocol TV (IPTV) and broadband-based video service is a major factor spearheading growth in the world xDSL test equipment market, according to analysis from business advisory firm Frost & Sullivan. High bandwidth requirements for IPTV and customers’ higher expectations of service uptime are forcing service providers to purchase the […]
An Apple TV set has the potential to be a huge hit with consumers, according to the findings of a new research report. Strategic marketing and research consultancy KAE and online polls specialist Toluna, have teamed up to release a major new study illustrating how large manufacturers could lose out if Apple launches a physical […]
Although still in a nascent stage and despite an uncertain economic framework, the OTT TV market will grow at an average annual rate of 53 per cent and will be worth €1.9 billion in 2015. The figures are from The Internet Era of TV – Expanding Entertainment report published by ITMedia Consulting. The Italian research […]
Two private TV groups, Mediaset Spain and Antena 3 TV, are to control 85 per cent of the TV ad market and 15 per cent of the total ad pie in Spain (including all media) following their merger between Tele 5 and Cuatro to create Mediaset Spain and Antena 3 TV and La Sexta. The […]
Italy, by common consent is a Eutelsat-dominated satellite market. But that fact hasn’t stopped arch-rival SES Astra claiming an increased loyalty from many Italian viewers. Presenting the annual SES Satellite Monitor numbers to Italian journalists, Astra staffers showed that the overall satellite audience in Italy had grown last year by some 400,000 households, and now […]
IP-based communications service provider Level 3 Communications has completed a substantial expansion of the global capacity of its content delivery network (CDN). The expansion, which was completed in less than two years, more than doubles the company’s CDN capacity to support customer growth and increased demand. Level 3 has increased its globally available CDN capacity […]