German cable operators association ANGA says that cable remains dominant as the favoured TV delivery method. ANGA says more than 18 million German homes (42 per cent) still take a cable service despite the growing shift towards DTH supply and the availability of DSL connections. AMGA says that all German cable networks now offer digital […]
Global spend on entertainment and media services will reach $2.1 trillion by 2016, from $1.6 trillion in 2011 according to PwC. But the continuing change to digital over physical distribution will mean that growth will come at a slower pace than in previous years — and at a rate slower than that of overall GDP, […]
IPTV subscriptions worldwide will grow at 70 per cent from 2012 to 2017 with 100 per cent growth in the Asia-Pacific off a large base of 28.5 million subscribers, according to ABI Research. Global pay-TV subscribers will reach 853.5 million at the end of 2012, with 116 million IPTV subscribers Worldwide, cable operators are investing […]
The growth in the tablet user base will cause the number of users of mobile adult video content on tablets to triple by 2015, a report from Juniper Research finds. This trend is repeated across all forms of mobile adult content on tablets with the number mobile adult subscribers and mobile adult videochat users also […]
Pay TV revenues in the US will peak in 2013, before gradually falling by $2.6 billion to reach $88.2 billion in 2017, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The report concludes that TV ARPU is being forced down as cable operators and telcos convert their subscribers to dual-play or triple-play bundles, though blended […]
For many people around the world, the mobile phone will be the only means of accessing the Internet. According to Ericsson’s second Traffic and Market Report – On the Pulse of the Networked Society, 85 per cent of the world’s population will have Internet coverage via 3G by 2017 and there will be close to […]
Recent findings from analytics provider IHS suggest that riding a tidal wave of growth for subscription video on demand (SVoD) has enabled Netflix in 2011 to surge past Apple to become the largest US online movie service in revenue terms. The IHS Screen Digest Broadband Media Market Insight Report suggests that Netflix’s share of US […]
Research from IHS Screen Digest suggests that American viewing tastes are shifting away from discs and toward online video, with the information and analytics provider reporting that US households in 2011 decreased their spending on physical media purchases and rentals at a double-digit rate. Average spending on physical video media per US video household owning […]
A study from the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC), conducted by NDP Consulting, has revealed a direct and significant impact on jobs, productivity, and competitiveness in every state of the union. The report – IP Creates Jobs for America – measures IP-intensive companies by inputs such as research and development (R&D) […]
Based on extensive research conducted in two test markets (France and the UK), the research arm of consulting firm McKinsey has assessed the smart TV opportunity and determined how TV manufacturers, media/content providers, and telecoms operators should prepare for this new battleground. TV manufacturers regularly innovate with new features in an attempt to energize their […]