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Research: 3D sets sales slow

Sales of 3D TV sets are expected to slow this year, with only 1.8 million or about 2 per cent of all US TV homes owning a 3D set by the end of 2011, according to a new report from SNL Kagan, which is also predicting that growth will return in 2012 and beyond, as […]

June 30, 2011

Pay-TV must embrace online video

ABI Research has released the first part of its “Technology Barometer: Digital Living” study which surveyed 2000 consumers in the US about consumer electronic products in their households, home networking, and connected devices. Despite the attention given to-cord cutting, this trend has not generated the momentum some expected: in this survey only 10 per cent […]

June 28, 2011

40% of European homes will have 3DTV by 2015

Demand for larger screen sizes is expected to continue to grow, as prices for televisions of 40 inches and above have now reached the level of mass market appeal. Additionally, early adopters of flat panel TVs are looking to replace their original set with a larger more feature-rich model, opting for value-add features like ultra-thin […]

June 27, 2011

Satellite TV revenues to overtake cable

According to Digital TV Research Ltd (DTVR), pay-TV revenues will climb to $173 billion in 2016, up by $49 billion on 2006 but only up by $18 billion (12 per cent) on 2010. The Digital TV World Revenue Forecasts report – covering 73 countries – suggests that on-demand revenues will increase much faster than subscription […]

June 27, 2011

Nomadic broadband video set for 154m users

By 2015, nomadic (fixed locations outside the home, such as coffee shops) broadband video users will reach 154 million nearing in-home users according to a new report, Broadband Video: On Demand, On the Go, and On the Rise. The report, from market research company The NPD Group analyses the confluence of connected devices, access, and […]

June 27, 2011

China to become Asia’s top pay-TV market this year

SNL Kagan has found that China’s pay-TV market, which has long been the world’s largest in terms of subscribers, with 2011 revenues of $7.5 billion is set to surpass Japan for the first time in value, ranking China as the top pay-TV market in Asia and the 5th largest in the world. China’s video service […]

June 23, 2011

Global pay TV to reach 1.9bn by 2016

The number of digital TV households worldwide will double between 2010 and 2016 to reach 1.189 billion, according to a report from Digital TV Research. The report estimates that penetration of digital TV services will climb from 42.5 per cent at the end of 2010 to 80 per cent by 2016, at which point 33 […]

June 23, 2011

Fastest global broadband growth since 2009

With an increase of over 15.2 million subscribers in the first three months of this year, fixed broadband grew by 2.9 per cent.  This was the biggest quarterly increase in the last two years and representing an annual growth rate of 11.93 per cent, according to figures released by the Broadband Forum at CommunicAsia 2011.  […]

June 21, 2011

3DTV won’t be mainstream in UK

New research says that fewer than half of the 11 million 3DTV-ready homes in the UK in 2016 will be active and regular users of 3DTV content. In 2010, almost 90 per cent of homes with 3D-ready sets were ‘active’ users, according to the research. This much higher proportion results from early-adopters being significantly more likely […]

June 20, 2011

Digital TV homes to double

The number of digital TV homes will double between 2010 and 2016 to 1.189 billion, according to analyst firm Digital TV Research (DTVR). The Digital TV World Household Forecasts report estimates that digital penetration will climb from 42.5 per cent at end-2010 to 80.0 per cent by 2016. By 2016, 33 countries will be completely […]

June 20, 2011