India has hit record subscriber numbers for pay-TV DTH viewing, says its regulator. The Telecom Regulation Authority of India (TRAI) says there were 44.21 million DTH subscribers at December 31st. There are six major DTH operators slugging it out for viewer loyalty over India, perhaps proving that the combined marketing and sales efforts of the […]
The end of analogue broadcasting (on April 30) has led to a boom in the supply and purchase of digital set-top boxes. Market research specialist GfK says that in the year to March 31st, sales are up 24 per cent, with January generating record sales up 60 per cent (y-o-y). Flat-panel TVs with built-in digital […]
The US Commerce Department today released a comprehensive report – Intellectual Property and the US Economy: Industries in Focus – which finds that intellectual property (IP)-intensive industries support at least 40 million jobs and contribute more than $5 trillion dollars to, or 34.8 per cent of, US gross domestic product (GDP). “This first of its […]
Western Europe will not reach full digital TV penetration until 2017, despite penetration being as high as 85 per cent by end-2011, according to a new report from Digital TV Research (DTVR). In fact, only two of the 15 countries covered in the Digital TV Western Europe report had fully converted to digital by end-2011, […]
Mobile operators may finally have a weapon in the battle for Over the Top (OTT) service revenues, according to Strategy Analytics’ Mobile Broadband Opportunities (MBO) service report – Mobile Content Delivery Networks Reduce Media Delivery Costs and Create OTT Revenue Opportunity. According to the market intelligence firm, Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) will become a significant […]
According to a new report from Digital TV Research, 2012 is a watershed year for Eastern Europe as the number of digital homes for the 15 forecast countries will exceed the analogue total for the first time. Report author Simon Murray said: “The recession has had an impact on the TV sector. Compared with our […]
Data from the MAVISE TV database developed by the European Audiovisual Observatory shows that in the context of national economic crises and competition from new modes of content delivery, the development of television channels in Europe remains stable. At the beginning of 2012, the MAVISE database contains information on a total of 8,900 television channels. […]
Brazil’s National Telecommunications Agency says Sky Brazil, the local brand owned by DirecTV, now has more than 4 million subscribers to its Brazilian service. Sky Brazil is also an operator with the greatest growth rates in Brazil, riding the crest of an overall DTH growth spurt in the country. In terms of the overall Latino […]
SES has revealed that satellite has become the leading TV infrastructure in Europe, ahead of terrestrial and cable reception. Approximately 84 million European households have satellite (DTH) as their primary TV reception mode, an increase of 22 per cent over the last four years. In the same period, terrestrial TV lost nearly 16 million homes, […]
In 2016, OTT video services on connected TV will represent 17 per cent of the total OTT market and 1 per cent of the global fixed video services market says French researcher IDATE. “In 2016, the VoD market for the TV will be dominated by Over-The-Top (OTT) offers. In Europe, we estimate the global market […]